New-York tribune., 1898-12-18
SCHLEY'S ENDLESS CHAIN STORY.
IT'S ABOUT HIS OURANG-OU TANG WHO WAS
A MEMBER OF THE CREW OF
THE BENECIA
From The Washington Star.


THE BENECTA
From The Washington Star.
Did you ever hear Admiral schleys endless
chain story about that orang-outang he picked up
in the East Indies when he was the executive
OF his party in the club corner the other night
Because if you haven't you ought to- The Com
about ten Years ago in the smoking compartment
Of sleePingcar going over to New York & ana me ne
him and We have time for talk over smoke he
tells me an nstament Of that 9rang- outang , s yarn
that marvellous orang -2ntang Is eonnrcteI h1, AZ
rativs Of the adventures and nnS OF ne
must have been wonder and Eye always been
But the Commodore has always evaded that issue.
Many times I've asked him hatly what finally be-
/ ask him that question and stalls of by telling
me some further inssnGes s Of the proves, ,ons nma
Of learning some day what hnsh the monkey met
with. and before, schley goes on the retired list
Anyhow, when schiey was hrst lieutenant of
hsodsh s hs snss hS OF sEn old n aS @
native bumboat man brought the orang -outang
sSr and The he %ads o at
rigging and running gear OF the benHcia on ms
scheys s' eye When G he was thirty years younger
wasn't bit less discerning than It Is now schlsy hey
orang-outang The bumboat man thought a dol
lard be about right and when the Benscia picked
outang remained board and became. to ali in
tents and purposes. a member OF the crew; I've
eyes in telling about that orang-outang.
turned ed the a ncE Sf weoer OF ne snip n Go
the brute took an immediate. fancy and you
ooss n 5Sr the G Ss
animal doesn't pick up sense not to speak Of cult
In the course OF few months contact with the
men forward OF man. war ten the animal must
thing lacking in Porschops this gSon S
Benecia two days before his keeper; the chief
hammock for the thing ard Porkchops slept in it.
Porkchops learned his hammock number; Sehiey
evening Porkciops would pick his own out Of the
the berth deck. where he siung and rlsgea the
70 the G ,eht ss yey Tay mf o TSu orS
PAM pancy u"laff himssif At % ali ha"ds in %orns
%oes and have we II IN the neinss OF
,he heaeks's c9nnnsg pSTkcRoPs ,hsq as eys blue
Then schIey says. Porkch9ps got to be valuable
seaman when the ship was cruising He mastered
hsneca ias Ta''ns Was ssa' one Of the odms
when there was hray sa s ys syvss
worth those OF any hye men o, the snips COMPANY
Porkchops saysd the Benecia and the lives OF the
whole ships COMPANY theTsof by SsttfrS ~ i, IN the
And then sshley says PUrkchSPs S bG got to be
outang, handed II to the thing QUICKLY, ana then
gaOped for the topgallant fo'c'sle, fearing that
when the anthropod took a whn from the pipe
nd found what he was up against ned try TO tear
the ship apart. But. instead Of that Porkchops
lust pulled away at the pipe. Schley says like
royal marine and seemed to get all kinds OF en-
ioyment out OF the tobacco. anu what's more,
Porkchops when he wanted to expectorate would
use the spitkits for the purpose After that Pork
chops was pulling away at pipe all the time,
and schley had to include in his monthly expense
account a couple OF pounds Of Navy plug for the
orang -outangs consumption Schley says that ~
was a touching and amiable sght to see the old
bo'sn's mate and the orang outanB walking fore
and aft the spar deck linked arms after mess OF
An evening both OF them chewing on old black clay
pipes and thinking over the happenings OF the day
for strangely enough, POrkchops never quite at
tained a mastery OF the English language however
much ne may have known OF the patos prevailing
around the Straits OF Sunda;
''Schley wanted to ascertain the effect OF spirit
nous drinks upon the created thing nearest In ts
general characteristics to man. and so one evening
ne called Porkchops into his room and handed
the orang -ou,ang a large glass OF an old nntty MY
orang -outsng shifted the sherry at:hrst' and then
put ths glass to his lips. The first taste seemed 70
hit him about right schley says; and With his leit
he began to down the sherry In Eulps ana Pork
fore ne bad the drunke., erang,ou,ang on his
hls head and looked rakish. The orang- -outang