Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-05
Al SOLDIERS HOME.

NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOME.
HAMPTON, VA, March And now.
we will soon connect with seedless ap-
pies. They are selling in London,
England. TOR so shillings apiece! Ac-
cording to the Scientific American. the
beginning OF this apple dates back only
few years. All the credit for it's
probogation thus far belongs to John
f. Spencer, Of Grand Junction. Col,
who. struck With the success of the
seedless orange, believed that similar
results could be obtained with apples.
After several years experimental re-
search, he succeeded i'll producing five
trees that bore sccdless. coreless and
worthless apples. and from this little
group there have budded 1000 more
trees, which at present constitute the
entire seediess apple stock Of the
world, and from these 1000 trees all
the restof the world must be supplied.
1t is estimated that these will have
produced about $4,000 nursery trees
by the fall Of 1905. and that the follow
ing year at last $500 900 trees will fur
nish the supply. The apples are of a
beautiful dark-red color with yellow
strawberry dots. Of goodly size and
have flavor similar to wine saps.
The legend chesapeake and Ohio"
is now seen on the bows Of huge coal
harges arriving at the Home wharf
with coal nowadays. This coal comes
from Norfolk and is carried from the
wharf to the main boiler house and
the open coal bin, about one-eishth Of
Il mile 1t is about the same distance
10 IA,
the trolley terminal at the Phoebus en-
trance to these grounds. This trolley
connects with a spur OF the c. & O.
railroad nearly mile north OF this cs-
punishment. and is frequently utilized
TO convey valuable and bulky articles
Oh merchandise from that railroad TO
this branch. After observing the sue
cessful working Of this terminal. orr
trained economists are of the opinion
that vast wasta@e could be saved in
coal while in transit anil in other WAYS
handling the same, ii coal cars were
run to that entrance. Later the road
could be extended right into the boiler
house. and spur run to the open coal
bin, like in other branches Of the
Home. ~ -
Never Stale Bread Co has been
organized in Washington. d. c. The
process was discovered by paper in
Berlin, Germany. and it is stated that
bread baked by it will remain fresh.
Wholesome and palatabe for weeks at
time, but bakers i'll this country have
reached only the contemplating stage
III the matter Of adopting that process.
The success OF the discovery, however,
IS apparent at a glance. but it is safe 10
predict that bread baking will continue
IN accordance with the methods trans
mltted during the Successira stages Of
the different civilizations which have
heen on. and now occupy the face Of
the earth. from biblical times This
means that baking will ncvc:, become
an exact science. Your scribe bases
this opinion upon the fact that lie
worked at all of the bread cake and
cracker branches OF that most ancient
trade. before the Civil war. ana super.
Flsed field bakery in the winter of
1857 during the Civil war, and al the
cracker branch Of the trade for a brief
period after that war.
In comparing the exploits OF modern
generals with the generals OF antiquity,
the tact is always overlooked that a
very small portion of the world which
We now know had felt the tread or the
conqueror when Alexander the Great
sighed Tor new fields for conquest. Ii
was restricted territory in which he
made himself famous, and low stand
ard OF civilization which he conquered.
Yet this same old world, which by the
way, is still an infallible alchemist, has
witnessed the rise and fall Of many an
empire since the days of Hannibal and
Alexander
The army maneouvers at Manassas
cost the several States S4S4,O43 and
the regular army S105,156. The state
ment contains an item of $4,000 for
Pullman car fares for officers. Nearly
~ years ago almost as much was ex-
pended during three days terrific
slaughter on that historical. and up 10
the time OF the manoeuvers referred to
above, venerated field The officers of
the volunteer and regular armies IL.
those days considered themselves
away ahead of the game if they could
connect with stnffy ana fiat roof pas
SenSer cars. side-door PuImans or
freight, cattle or fat cars
And now Captain Nicholas SAKE. a
Russian commander from Port Arthur.
says that when General Stocssel sur
rendered 5000 Of the 5000 remaining
soldiers and sailors under arms were
suffering from wounds. Now let us
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