The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1899, Page 23

THE SUNDAY CALL. 23 hristmas With the Goilers of the Sea = Lighthouse Keepers Cife Savers, » Fishermen and Sailors. . and Pilots 7 Z i - . " : > DUSHLYG AT THE MAL « tur ' Ay, for & Ing shudderingly into a w ind a good dinner stowed away, awa 2 ur 1s. fog was driving t the heads cud expecting the death of th es or opportunity—which may .or mas ¢ i K 1 . anch s v ' i it, Two one (lse every mom come. If a ship is suddenly sigh n miles ore. A Zing tew umong w and they € s [x a lottery to the pllots. No never mind the dinner. £ X 1308 rd an ened, away from the tanle. man of them knows when his tur Down at Meiggs wharf on Chris » re the reak In th 1o The « lors aseured the ) guide a shi) morning the runners gather to look for San ¥ sco in bis a of fare le ou t be guided when it is th ships. They come from stevedore firms, at. He marches up Market straet 1 gl e it e of the pilots ma from ship chandlers, from-all the water p n supplies on his w T Then kK to the be'! and the lghts Tk e 4, home in the st front business houses. Some of .t me o ' ! \gain, and men forget what Christmas sther new men, but theit of Santa Claus d tin horns and to sell goods, some to offer the Faralloplans, and woolly dogs celebrated or that-t was celebrated at all 0 men- stuffed stockings. Whoever the of sailor lodgings. Every or . re always welcome. The cap- It was during the carving of the last nissed by gaz- pilots may be they are on the water with get in ahead of his neighbor. o red o se candies, too, for = the strife of competition the runners have : ot cakh: anllipvid e dhiake SEL TR T # i A 2 4 longing for holiday fun, and If the ' not. 100 Big for the baskets, he | o % MBS YOIy Kotk DiSttes THE DANGEROUS BOER oSt powerful weapop of Its caliber anc | weather he clear #o that they can be as- ot B i Fothen. weight in Lie - w Ex The military Mann- | ;yred of no ships near at hand they sliip . o il Gronisen Poiii e ts, who was with Sir n SHARPSHOOTER. bt '!,;‘r‘n tris |away for a fewiminutes of Christmas. 1t ‘ B atu-and 0 ke B¢ solumn In South Africa in 1¥-£0. Rovmanda. id lichér fs the | the incoming of shins be uncertain these ahe markets. He knows how to choose a we marvelous rifle shots. TheY roer (a smoothbore gun carrying all sizes Sporting rifle kn as the Haenel model, | men. must be ready and waiting In thelr > good dinner, even if he is a man e ol dr“’; "1™ of shot well of from one to two ounce bul- It 1s a beautifully finished arm, weighing | boats. . sirind i or 3e0 ists:in_caliber),” was & desd ebot wiliin ut elght pounds and costing in S)uth | The life on the great steamers and sail- Eypane ™ the limitaticns of his weapon. Every Africa 200 Germ marks. The rifle fs |, e vst e, an ef ) for his return the' Cur- ‘Boer fs & hunter. He Has {3 he. Fis-thirty inches i hartel, the carbine swen- | /'S, Yeseelf {s more Sysismstic ity ~ce t But it is no | rents of upon the farm is large, anywhere ffom. 15,000 1o ty-four.. It has a pistol grip and" sling. | WOTth While to prepare for as much mer- use ¢ y a playday. The | drift of a bullet, 2 an judge distance 25000 acres. The country s sparsely set- straps and is halrAriggered. Its caiiber |§iment as the homesickness of empty sea Aght that burns high on the bluff must | a8 accur y as it could be measured by tled. The lion and other smaller cats and is .30. This rifle has an extreme range of | view will permit. There may be a Christ- be watched, and there I8 no such thing as | * ""“““"r"“""“'; They e r'“' an offl- the hyena were the natural cnemics of 460 yards and a killing range of 4X0. At | mas tree and music and dancing: but be cer s far as ey can discern his in- his flocks and herds. They had to vte that dista ¢ the bullet will go thr Aged 4% ) t oygh |y sea dog or a land-lubber it's all the of rank. Sir Geoige Colley kept down by the roer and later with two inches of solid ash and nearly three | o ose. . 4ropping care for a moment. Ships are in 6ar h on that as on any other inder in South Africa, was killed the rifle. < Diier quite eongh fotos ke MR IL thgi Pems=x0u wonld seiBer. be A5, home over < ng must be allowed to hap- stance of 1400 yards at Majuba HIIL” The Boer weapon that has done such bullet struck a vital part. At -twenty |® table that does not roll and spend a per evolving light. Only thirty . hundred and fifty years ago the execution !5 the sporting model of the yards it will shoot through fifly inches of good Christlan Christmas with all its tra- & re and yet the peopie of the | Dutch farmer, with his five-foot barrel Maunlicher, a German arm, perhaps the pine.—Leslie’s Weekly. J ditional nonsense. C. E. TEBBS.