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Colonel Clark was the first president by virtue OF his DO
ing the commanding officer, and orderly Sergeant E. W.
Price was the secretary. The club was then small
the active members being principally Second Third
and EIGHTH Company men. When the regiment took
possession of their new amory the number increased
but still was hardly up to the hopes Of the officers
programme matches arranged and once or twice
a month the club met and had match shooting Inc
first medals ever shot for at CeedmOor by members OF
q rife club were under the Of this body. and old
shots will recall the Shells which consisted OF two
cartridge shells crossed, which had been fired by j. r.
NJ Richard and William B. Coughtry, and by them ar
ranged In the form Of medal and presented for COM
petitlon. and the rhes-the origin of which few are
with.
The first competition took place in 1876. Both
medals are still In the custody Of the club In 1883
the first radical change took place In the ocers OF tne
club. Sergeant Price left the regiment and his sue
cessor as ordnance sergeant j. W. Cochran was elected
secretary Changes made in the methods OF hand
ling the matches. Their membership was increased
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THE REMINGTON RIFLE.

and he always knows Just what to DO He Is man
with cool head and modulated voice, and his sug'
gestions are always happily acted upon no matter
whether the marksmen at the time thoroughly agree
with him or not. There is great deal OF rivalry
of course between the companies about their shoot
ing, but this rivalry exists only in the regiment and
not ohtside for the simple reason that last summer the
7th sent TO Creedmoor 1O47 marksmen, while the
other regiments generally sent from 200 to 800
There are still many men in the regiment VINO
took part In the famous Orange riots OF 1871, ana
good stories still told about the humorous Incl
dents of those riots. The 9TH sent 100 men
to the front armed with Springfield rifles. At that
time the guns all old-fashioned muzze leaders
and IL required soldier to go through nine different
motions before he could fire the gun 1t Is said that
ont of the 100 men who went out 10 try to Que the
riots each with musket upon his shoulder, not over
nineteen muskets would have been able TO do any
execution 1t Is said that after the soldiers returned
TO the regiment and the muskets inspected was
found that only nineteen could possibly have been fired
so as 10 have been effective The citizen-soldiers
I'm their efforts to load the had put the queerest
charges in those old musl1ets that were probably
ever seen Some guns loaded with a cap and
three bullets; Others had the bullets rammed ahead OF
the powder and the others did not have any caps on
HON at nj
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ur ND NOT LIKE NETWORK LAW.

"r am from New.Haven" he said to the sergeant in
the Mulberry-st. police station, land ont no country
oawk neither, but robbed around here In Bowery
street and kin pint out the men what robbed me- II
there is any law this town want tow hev IL on EN-"
The sergeant elevated his eyebrows as he looked over
the desk shapfeatured man who talked with voice
ptched In O high key and thumped the floor with his
umbrella by way Of emphasis As the man appeared to
be sane very much in earnest the sergeant inquired
"were you robbed In the streetr'
"No 1t was IN a place with pictures OF women In
front OF IT, / paid ten cents tew a man at the door
inside there were aeges OF boxing and stone giant
dozen feet long l didn't women there and not
much To look at anyhow. i said the show was sell.
and was goin' out when man asked me into little
hack room there showcase with some lewery
in It. There another man behind the counter anu
they got SIS out OF 1t clear robbery. IL them
chaps were in Ncw.Haven I'D have em in jail In no
time"
"How did they get the money"
fooled me into givn' 1t 10 ZEN and wouldn't give IL
back"
'.rel me about that"
..wou thew had enyelopes that they wanted tew
draw with printing on ZEN. II you dr,wed one envelope
you GOT watch or so much money and IL you drawed
another envelope perhaps you wouldn't get nothing.
didn't wanter draw but they said It wouldn't cost nothing
tew try. so drawed one IL said wateh or 80 then
they said II l had paid dollar for the envelope
could hey got watch $40. The man
nut the envelope back in the same place and said
might draw 10 again II paid for It, There were only
fifteen envelopes the bunch 70 the man who asked me
into the room said I'D ahead drawcd all Of
EN-"
..well / drawed em all at dollar draw, and every
one of ZEN was blank. Then knowed Ia been stuck
told the men I'D the law ZEN II they didn't give
my money back, and they tod me to git OUT"
Umphl II you had got $40 for si5 you wouldn's
,.vs come here TO complain about 1t, would your
Not much. wouldn'tp'
What do you want US to DOR
''Put the law on 'em"
:. Will YOU 20 10 court and make complaintf'
..Yes II it won't take too long, I've got tow get
baek 10 New-Iaven fore morning"
III we arrest the men on your complaint you may
,.v Tn stay In the city monhs before they are
tried The House OF Detention for witnesses Is next
door,"
lis that SewYOrk lawP
"Yes."
4" Well I guess ia rather live In New-iiaven."
The sharpfeatared sighed and walked out OF the
,aton The sergeant resumed his writing In the Slestsr
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bruhg IT, and when he bringed 1t was sorry DAT he
brang it,"
"That all very well, Mr.. Hargan, for your study
OF The character, but how about the actorf"
GAs said before, choose the actor specially Tor
the part Then ] train him in 1t carefully and thor.
oughly. 1 act all these parts myself and show Just
how Il is 10 be done. Row in the new piece Miss
Lewis has another sort OF part and DON'T know yet
how she will do it: can't tell till the curtain goes
up ON the first night. As the tough girl she Is coarse
aud her voice is hard: in THE Last OF the Hogans
thing to be told about the new piece land you
see that Is quite different We have had hny eght
rehearsals of this new play already
1t may be remarked here that since this CONVERSE
ton wa held the production has been postponed on
the ground of insufficient rehearsal.
but there are other characters Just as marked as
there Is her brother there Is the Bowery 0aier ana
There Is the policeman. He Is not bit Ike the
usral policeman Of the stage. The methods are the
same With all OF them. OF coIrsefp
Yes, Mack is the best policeman ever saw. lie
sand after all, there are some OF your people who
are not TYPES Is Maggie Murphy type 2"
Only as far as she represents the DOWNTOWN shop-
girl u... SIN, r...
gown she wearsf Such thing could never be seen
NO quito true; there have to take the license OF
the stage IL is ALL" Mr. Harrigan repeated. :" In
binding the right actor for the part. believe could
nick out the best cast for Hamlet ever seen In THIS
country . -, .,..u,,
"One of the gravediggers. 80,
Then the curious caller went away, feeing that he
knew more about "types" than he did before Dui pre-
ferrng that Mr.. Harrgan should have the TASK oi max
ine them rather than himself
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j. W. Cochran, the secretary Of the Rife Club, Is one
Of the most enthusiastic military men In the organlza'
ton and he Is well good shot. Mr.. Cochran Is an
untiriDg worker and one Of the most popular young
men in the regiment. W. j. Underwood is also a
good shot. 1t is rmorcd that he will be Inspector
General OF Rife Practice for the state on Flowers
staff. George l.. Hoffman, OF Company II, Is also an
enthusiastic marksman, and while he occasionally
makes good scores, he Is little too cratic lie may
make two bad scores, two tar ones, ana
then really remarkable Sergeant IL. b.
Thomson, OF Company C, is something of an old
timer, but his eye and nerve are steady and he Is
stu good shot. Sergeant j. V. Black and Corporal
II. D. " Black. Of Company d, are also excellent
marksmen.
One of the coming sharpshooters of the regiment
Is H. c. Du VAL the secretary CT Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Mr.. Du Val does not claim TO be sharpshooter at
present, saying that he simply has an ambition.
Captain Lowther, OF the Scots Guards, accompanied
Mr.. Du Val through tine armory the other evening.
The chief object Of interest to Captain Lowther was
the rifle ranges, and he took hand In the sport
himself and made two bullseyes and two fous out Of
four shots. Captain Lowther Is In this country on
leave of absence for one month The little tunnels
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nf Miss Emma Pollock, there is always something Oh
Maggie Murphy about her. Any one who has seen her
W the stage would know her anywhere, even IL siie
see between her two sisters. These sisters toeether
Ne rather striking trio, as may be seen from 'l'e
Re'ure Maggie Murphy is in the middle OF the group
Aer sister Evelyn who is on her right, has an I'M
pcant part In "Rellly and the 400 ana VIII pe MlSS
.mmas understudy in The Last OF the HoganS' i"'
aua sister, Edith, Is not member OF the company.
yonng man sat at the table at the risht vi '"o
sase and put In few words now and tneh WIN a
sseer high Pitched voice and brogle. IL was nov no.,
Easy TO understand why he should talk In TINS way .i
'i's Pollock laid her hand afectionatey Oh mo
'A'uaer and spoke Of him her mother, anu 'iei !"
4s GEAR that he was 10 be an old lr1sh woman '.
nsneys condition that nothing should be toid aDou'
-" play was scarcely necessary, for httie couiu NC
'aho out from the way in which these people ""heu
sDoat and clatted with one another. In the hrs'
sace was impossible TO tell who was supposed W DC
va 'ne stage and who of, and then sharp LOOKOUT "a'
0sured to learn Just which Of the seeming men were
.eay women, and the only way 10 tell who was "'n'o
=, nv VINO was black by the voices. When you are
Ssmg at white man and have TO remember tnae Ao
NOT white, but black, and Is not man, but womai
snsn b Il constantly getting mixed up In cro"'S
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ARoey

and the number shortly began to grow until over 800
names are on the rolls to-day Matches are heid every
Saturday night and the attendance and enthusiasm are
all that can be desired. II is the shooting nursery
NJ the regiment and occupies warm spot In Coiohel
Anpleton,s heart Five hundred dollars In prizes are
spent each year. and in addition 800 more VIII go c
full score trophy won by Private j. W. Halstead Oh
Company &C. -,
The writer visited W. II. Palmer the inspector OF
rife practce Mt the handsome armory, and was agree
ohv entertained by the veteran. Mr. Palmer has been
connected with rifle shooting for nine years and Is one
~ the greatest enthusiasts In the city. He has
record OF every man who has ever been marksmah III
the 7th Regiment whether at Creedmoor or at Inc
hints He says that the actual number OF marks
men in the regiment Mt present is LOAF. He consid-
er that Lieutenant Robert Mclean, CT Company NJ Is
hout the hest Creedmo0r shooter In the regiment Al
Crsedmoor last year Lieutenant Mclean made recoru
NJ 40 out of a possible so at the two distances max
,nc Of Mt 900 yards, and "a ut 500 yards In INC
rment are five scores at present which aggregate 4o
each while there are eight marksmen who have rec
ord NJ A. The total number OF sharpshooers In the
raciment is 3d. q larger number than ever before.
sbornsbooter and a marisman decidedly different.
a man beng marksman until his clever record puts
him in the sliarpshooters' rank
The hest record at the armory In the history OF Tue
c,,h was made about two weeks ago by J. W.
uaIs,ead n member Of the Produce Exchange and one
~ the enthusiastic nnemen Of the club. Mr.. Hal
s:cad's record was . remarkable one In many ways
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have been left down stairs when the singers came up,
and besides, there is orchestra Miss Pollock
sings little OF Maggie Murphy's Home" and the rest
walk up and down the stage and join in the chorus Of
"On Sunday night its my delight" II any Of the peo-
pie who talk about the "types" would explain what
this proceeding is typical Of except Of Harigan play,
they would obscuring clouds from some minds.
"wen," said Mr. Haney, show you getting on 2"
"well enough was the reply, "but where do the
types come in They all here, such they are
but Mr.. Harrigan is directing nothing; what little any
body does he does Of himself and there is no making
of types at ALL"
aCome into the office and talk with Mr.. Harrigan
about it," Mr.. Hanley suggested.
Tie rehearsal over and Mr.. Harrigan soon ap-
peared in the Office. ave have been talking about
the types Mr.. Harigan. l want to know how you
get them Mr.. Hanley can't tell and the rehearsal
does not disclose. Now, how Is It'll Do you make
them all or do the actors Shift for themselves"
at is this way said Mr.. Harigan: "For melo-
drama they must have just such set Of actors; the
first old man, the first old woman, the comic man,
the leading heavy man. the second heavy man. and so
on And they must choose their people to fit these
parts Now my pieces are only farces and have no
need of these, pick my actor for the character
that he is TO play Take Miss Lewis she is tall, so
that in playing the tough girl she stoops. She could
not play a soubrette part she could not Jump on
table and shout Here I am, boysp 1t would be
ridiculous. She Is chosen for this part She has had
chances To observe specimens Of the character she
playing. Now l take hold Of this character and
study it. j say How does this girl come to Now
York? How does she live and where does she get
her peculiar characteristcs,' She lives the East
Side and parents tenement is close to the dump.
Perhaps her parents foreigners, at rate many
of the people around her are-Itallans, Germans,
Hebrews-and from them she learns to drop her this
and mix up her past lenses, so that she says He
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fanatic manner The writer was then conducted
along dark passageway which extends under Sixty
ft-st to the targets in the other end Of the building
Double targets are used and there Is an attendant
for each target AS soon shot Is fired the target
is lowered and another raised in its stead. unique
arrangement Is now in use mt the 9TH Regiment
Armory which will probably be adopted In Others
Each target comes up in front OF peculiar shaped
funnel into which all the bullets pass after going
through the paper target. In former years, hcaVy
timber packed in back Of the targets, In when
the bullets were mbedded. In the 18th Regiment the
arrangement is decidedly different The bullet after
going through the targets, strikes arc OF the horn
and then speeds In rotary motion unul IL
eventually drops in the little ut the end. After
the shooting the attendants take from the horn the
accumulated lead which Is melted over again to be
used In other cartridges.
.Company C has probably more Creedmoor sharp
shooters than any OF the other companies, ana also
more armory sharpshooters today than any Other
continued Captain Palmer. ii would require an
unlimited amount of space TO describe all the good
shots In the regiment Mr.. Hastcad has undoubtedly
the lead, and Is probably OF the best al-around
shots In the city. He Is remarkably steady and his
scores uniformly good Unlike most marksmen,
he seldom has OF day, and II he shot every night
for month his good average at the end Of each week
would be found TO be nearly always the same; and
each nights would be very similar.
Alexander Stein is also a good shot, but Is more
OF an Individual than team marksman, and Is n
little bit erratic TO be thoroughly trustworthy H.
~ Janssen Is another good shot, and OIL Wednesday
night made seven consecutive bullseyes Jansen Is
n brother Of Frederick W. Jansen, of athletic fame.
and Is himself something OF an athlete. X. NJ. Dunn.
OF Company g. Is also steady. reliable shot and made
the top record last saturday night his score being g.
In Company there nrc a number Of good shots.
o. NJ Beach and Captain u. A. Nesiatt being especially
clever Ordnance Sergeant j. Dwight Is also a good
marksman. and Captain A. W. Con0ver is another.
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NOT HIS BEST MARKET, EVIDENTLY.

From The Detroit Free Press.
lie walked into a Chicago newspaper once conn.,
IDENTIFY and took a seat. ,,,
Are yon the manager7" he asked Driskly.
"What can / do for you % replied the newspaper
man In "a nOn-oOmmltal tone. -,
Pm a patent medicine manufacturer. Your paper
has a pretty wide circulation, hasn't IL" .
Wide :" The newspaper man swung r0und IN MS
chair. Wide ! should so. we nave cIfci
lation greater by two 10 than any oher paper IN
The States sworn circulation, sir or 100000 copies
daily and it's paid circulation too. ana we reach inc
families, sir. our paper Is read by 5OoOo peopic
every day and when you consider this our advertising
rates are-wcll. they're low that were gong 10
advance lem fifty per cent right after the nist
offer positively the best advertising medium IN uic
United States Why. you can see foI yourself wn VIZ
the results must be from ad placed before o,ouo
600 neople every week and--where are you going ~
round town ttle,' replied the stranger pulling
ON his hat The article make IS nerve meaioin ,s
and came in 10 sell you bottle, but see you don't
need its
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target at Creedmoor. Halstead on the following Tues
day In a company team match all but equalled his
record, making 80 out Of possible 20. missing on the
last shot and then missing the bulpseye only by the
smallest fraction Of an inch.
Halstead of course, Is the hero Of the reshooters
OF the regiment at present. and is much looked up to
by his companions. He is pleasantfaced young
man, with a remarkably keen eye His nerves are
perfect. OF course, to be good sharpshooter mans
eye and finger must work In unison. man may have
the best eye in the world and the most delicate touch
and yet not be a sharpshooter. When the eye and
finger work we'll together and the nerves are under
perfect control then bulPs-eyes are scored.
"Our men," said Captain Palmer, stake to rife
practice as naturally child does to his toys. They
are simply enthusiastic the subject, and the butts
are crowded every night. Another pleasing thing
about our rihecub is that It is entirely voluntary II
the men do not wish take part In shooting they need
not do so; still, of course the ambition Of each COM
pany Is to have many good marksmen as possible.
Considerable moral pressure Is brought to bear upon
the men Of each company and this Is especially so
wherS men show a likelihood OF becoming good marks
men. The work, however, Is not done under orders,
strictly speaking Our ranges are open TO competitors
every evening from 80 to IL o'clock, and you sell
dom see a vacant target
"The cartridges used loaded with only one-half
the regulation amount Of powder The cartridges are
put up in the armory. and each cartridge contains
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MARKsMEN AT CREEDMooR-

thirty five grains Of powder. Tho regulation army
cartridge, Of course, contains seventy grains OF pow
der The rifles used arc fifty -calbre Remington
ais this weapon one to be depended on In Of So
rious trouble7n asked the writer.
@weI 1 do not see why 1t should not said
Captain Palmer "Of course in Of war repeating
rifles might be given men, but our present arms
should be all that is necessary for ordinary purposes
OF course in changing present arms for repeating
rife our marksmen might be Handicapped for a Time
but they would soon become accustomed to the new
arms
While talking with Captain Palmer, enthusiastic
rifemen were popping away merrily at the distant
targets The butts we're arranged in the most sys-
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VI o.''cr "hlte men who are white and are men, how
uOn aenuon have you left for the plot of the play
.ne scene changes. or appears TO have changed.
without warning and without ANYTHING being done b
indicate it, except that 1t somehow seems as IL it can
no. oe the same now that 1t before crowd
nos were another crowd stood before and looks just
nae tc other one but has different interests and then
Mr. Har1lgan Is dissatisfied with the manner in which
one crowd gives TO the other and 1t has to be done
over again twice.
AND then, without the slightest apparent occasion
for It, Miss Pollock expected to sing song The
song that belongs in The Last Of the Hogans5 must
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MARKSMEN OF THE SEVENTH
WELLKNOWN NATIONAL GUARD SHARP.
SHOOTERS


HOW THEY PRACTISE AND MAKE BIG SCORES
TALKS WITH THOSE WHO KNOW
The ambition OF the average czen-soldier is to be-
come sharpshooter. Tlore Is probably more general
Interest to-day in rife shooting among the members OF
the several regiments here abouts than before IN
fact. rifle practice is followed enthusiastically
In all the large regiments in this neighborhood. In
the 9TH Regiment particularly the sport has become
wonderfully popular and the butts under the handsome
armory crowded with enthusiastic marksmen every
night. The 7th Is, Of Of the most remark
able Of regiments and In other departments. Its
clever shots able to hold their with Others
In the country. Next to their regular drill and COM
pany duties. the citizen soldiers probably take more
interest in their rife shooting than anything else. While
rife practice is not exactly compulsory. the officers Of
this great organization make every effort to arouse
enthusiasm In their men.
The officers of the club are as follows Colonel
Daniel Appleton, president; Captain and Assist
ant Surgeon w. A. Valentine first vloepresdent; Will
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phether he Is representing inhabitant OF the slums
n New-York, London, Paris or Dublin?
person who sometimes scribbles unused after this
hshion the other day. and part of his musing was
overheard by Mart" Hanley, who has managed MI
Ilsrgans theatre ever since he has had one. "Come
into the theatre for few minutes and watch the NC
bears,7 said Mr. Hanley perhaps that will give you
some idea only you must promise not TO tell anything
about the new play"
All the light in the theatre came through windows
high up at the back Of the house and shone down on
tie stage leaving a big black shadow under the bal
oony. The people on the stage could hardly know
that there was anybody ain front" at all. The re-
hesrsal had not begun yet Mrs. Yeamans, Miss Pol
lock. better known as Maggie Murphy; Miss Lewis
familiar as the tough GIRL" and one or two others sat
together In corner. At the back of the stage some
carpenters were at work the scenery. From some
where down below came voices of singers In chorus
The men were trying some of the songs Of the new
piece. Not many Of the words could be caught but IL
he sound had come from the Black Hole OF Calcutta
instead Of from under Harrigans stage any one would
have known that Ii "Dave' Brahams music
Presently there was a cry made First act! ana MISS
Pollock Miss Lewis and young man met in the mid
de OF the stage and began 10 talk about some subject
that seemed to have not the slightest Interest for any
one o. them Miss Lewis at rehearsal does not look
Ike the tough girlp of Reilly and the 4OO as may
wei be guessed neither does she look quite Ike the
cut shown here because she does not wear evening
tcss In the morning. but the cut gives some nouoh Oh
her face when it is not intended to look tough" AS