Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-30

visiting their people I'm California towns
took up the officers story. They had seen
Tarberry o. the streets of Stockton. Sac
ramento and SIN Jose. exhibiting the work
ings OF kinetoscope for nickels. He was
making money TO add 10 the several
thousand dollars he had tucked away in a
pank, the accumulation OF many years.
Iaroerry was earning his living. He
couldn't sit down and take Al easy.
Then on one of the hobo-infested roads
OF California Tarberry was held nm ara
deprived OF his k;netoscope by a tramp.
"A country papers account of the hold-up
reached the ship later. Disguised, Tar
perry returned TO the ship ne had Quit
and took on again. None of his shin
mates ever let on that the story of his
two months absence was known and to.
DAY Tar5erry is as happy as he ever was.
en- a United States ship doing SURVEYING
duty on the Central American coast.
Preferred Chirken Farming.
FOR twenty years old Sake Fisher. who
also went through the war and did work
alnost as daring as that OF the famous
spike Thompson. who swan ashore and
sp,heo the enemy's guns, whence his name
Tor Two decades old Saxie's dream was
TO quit the navy and to start a chicken
rahcn ashore. He talked about il inces-
SANITY TO knots OF apprentices who would
sa.ner around MIN on the topgallant fore
castle. His shipmates declared that NJ.
talked OF this chicken ranch scheme of his
while lying in his hammock asleep. be-
tween watches. The gist of the scheme
Vas that he was to raise several thousand
fancy chickens from dozen or so within a
couple of years.
Now. hang this here gettin' up at all
nands IN the mornin'. before the sun has
turned out o his hammock, an swabbin'
down, I'm goin' to start that chicken
ranch SOS i kin sleep in-until o'clock i'm
inc mornin, IL i want to- damme," This
was what Sake always said. But ne regu-
larry resnipped without going ashore at ali.
ana stood the guying brayeIy
FINALLY. a few years before he died after
Mediterranean cruise, Sake headed far
pne Oh tne Eastern Shore counties Of Mary
rana and started his chicken ranch. 1t
prospered Sake had a genius for RAISING
chickens. He was on the road 10 riches
he STUCK to IL for twelve months Then
ne turned up on the receiving ship Vermont
at 'he Brooklyn navy yard, ready to ship.
Deserted the Ranch.
How about that chicken ranch of yours.
Sake" the officer of the deck asked him.
Nine hundred chickens on IL when left
it yistiddy mornin'." replied Sake.
Then. why in the name of sense man.
cid you leave it,"
Cant get anythin' fit 70 aat ashoro,.,
said Sake.
That was the end of it. He had left tho
chicken ranch standing Just as IL was
chickens, chattels and all. and when he
heard mat colored man had taken pos
session of it and was making slews of
money Sake only sighed and said:
We'll, I'll start another one after this
cruise But he didn't live long enough
Oid Dad Ballard, who helped to take the
old Independence around the Horn started
a saloon in Vallejo. Cal. He ran IL for a
month, and the cash came over his counter
IN stream. One day he sent verbal in
vitation to four ships companies to come
ashore and drink up his stock All hands
went, and old Dad didn't take a cent from
one of them The stock was consumed
Then the eX-proprietor went aboard the
receiving ship Independence and shipped
What was the matter with the saloon
business, Ballard?" asked the shipping
officer
Liquor, said old Dad in explanation,
don't have the proper taste when we've
got n dozen barrels of It, And then a
man makes a hog of hisself'