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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
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An OLD WAR HOSPITAL srFwAEr'- STORY or Az
ANPUrATION.

The conversation had been running on
wooden css-tat j., lar anything on wooden ie-'
could rum and after an manner Of strange stories nom
,rio, members of the company, telling how friends OF
tbeirs and mon they once knew" had lost legs, and
how they had had them replaced an old man spoke UP
who had hitherto maintained profound Silence.
@Wcll gentlemen, he began. know good deal about
wooden les have probably more leg, anput"ttd
in a day than you lave seen wooden les IN you HE
time was hospital steward during the war WIN tDe
18Th New York volunteers. Brt cat Of all the hundreds
Of les I've taken or there are only one or TWO tha
rro1e ranch impression my niud. There was ore
circumstance connected with leg which puzzled me at
the time has puzzled since, and VIII 20 on Piz
cling me long as 1--we. 1t was after the Dattle OF
West Point and there was a Frenchman IN our reSl-
uent forget his name but he was in Company A
VOL he had his leg broken by ball compound iidc-
tlre above the kuCe1nd had to be taken on M the
thigh He stood it we'll and id not want to Lave
cl,rnforr but they made him. We'll this les-lt was
his le onc-bcing taken on high up You see there
,- oo deal OF H. and the boys did not want 10 throw
II n into hole so they looked about for something TO
buryit At last they found crackcr-box but to set
il in ter had to double upbcnd tic knee sharply ana
turn the foot back. Which they did and hen buried IT,
after the Frenchman came round he was uneasy.
There was not Irucn pain he said, but he wished to good
no. H. couId sfqgLf,n his icJ o; his left, be said fell
~, linked mn. But you haven't got left leg, we
told him NO know that. he replied. but DoT6Ia4!
IL feels nlI kinked M just the same Well tiid MOI
know ANYTHING about the bUrying OF ms leg ana "heh ne
I'D ms 10 me thought inst the ordinary pain
after the operatun though had mover heald any one
else describe the pain 50, and becNeu u "oa pSI ;
pt IL did not He got more and more uneasy ana KEPT
derisrng that lis lc leg crpnped and II ne could
only srachten II ont It wonid ne an rlgn. ne ven. S
In hi. way ~ badly that at length one OF the boys VINO
hal hured ne leg got scared, and without telUns hln
he went out dug ~ the Leg Strengthened out ana 10
buried II without the box A.. 49,. AL, -,
Well gentlemen, do you know that before thai oqy
b.d vol hack the Frenchman was rs easy as lalhD'
All nat DaOTblsu that Is beiter! he cried out end
denly Yes that's better, that's better -ahd io zen
or Nfteen minutes Just II ne really had beeh
,ey.d by ha wing his leg Strengthened ont lie never
d aoohsr word about being Cramped but declared MS
III" ' ,o-,sc+iv easy now II wasn't tn. maybe,
10y nfttrWard that told him what had been done
and Then ali he -aid was: All bat k"er my leg Was
kinkcd up all the time a., ., - ,.. ,,,i,. thor
There, gentlemen" no added. you may explain thai
how YOU like; you may believe u or noV uS yo lAc ~.
All can snv H. and there were plenty OF OtheIs
who knew about IL at tint time too.
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seventy tons The steam ya.ht NolnahaII Nui nj
building for William Aston is of 200 tons anu wiz oe
the argest steamer Of the club The club If Tree ron
debt and has Sl2 900 in the treasury ne" ci. NJ
house has recently been taken IN Madison ave he'I &c
present quarters of the club Tie new mouse WI ~
occupied on May l. 1t is well adapted Tor the PllpoSo
of clubhouse aud has hall Were hine,H Po'sJyi
can be dined with ease. The question OF Sn"Ie
house il one which has of late been muoh talko
In the club In fact there is at present q oohll.r
charged with the selection of site IL II tle go; -.
opipop In the club that there is no place IN te ~
az this CITY available for shore clubhouse anu II -
Drohabe that the club will ultimately Dulu nouS, az
Newport which is getting to be a second loves. NV
nor; Is the great rendezvous for yachts III the SUNNY
and n il off Newport that many oil the races VI 'n'
New-York Club are held. a. Mac.
Tho Moptauk Fortuna. 1een. Nedda ana La ~, I's
noIia of the club feet now cruising III me est
Indies aud the Dauntless and Namouua III thS nS''eI
rauean All of these yachts, however WIN tIe "a
cepton of the Dauntess will be here IN Juhe anu I'm
nan in the cruise and rcgataa of the cluD among ,l
new yachts which will be added to the feet 3i inc cruz
This wear are j. c. Hoaglands sloop IogunHa' a Nas
Coulfed's cutter Isis, j. C. Barrons sloop Atuian,
EIbridce T. Gerrys steamer Electra, ana W lliiHu "
Astors steamer Normaha One of the lnsilIulloS VI
the New-York Yacht Club is It's steward Neio O'''"'
who has served the club for thirty years c,
The officers of the club are at present as iou9"s
Conmodore James Gordon Bennett; ylce-coilihnuoIe
Edward f. Chase rear-commodore Samuel H. Ila't
secretary Charles A. Mint0n; treasurer james "
Irnudft
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TIE LARCHHONT CLUE.
THE EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATIONS o.
THE SOUND.

THE EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATIONS ON
THE SOUND.
The Larchmont Yacht Club was organized in 1879
bv the residents Of Larchmont who lovers Of the
sport Of Yachting. Starting with a small membership
and few small yachts, it has grown with remarkable
rapidity until il has 800 members and 40 yachts
The clubhouse and anchorage are at Larchmont The
excellent accommodations of the club have made it
coedingly popular. Members 20 down there In the
season aud spend weeks at time at the clubhouse If
member mas yacht there is a good anchorage for it
i'll the harbor If not hc is of . sail whenever he
wants il from of his fellOw-membors lao do keep
yachts The Sound, into which the .harbor opens,
affords excellent facilities for sailing in small boats
Fo those who do not keep yachts and yet arc fond Of
yachting and for those who keep small yachts, the
arclmont Club offer. more advantage, than any other
Yacht club in the city OF it, vicinity 1t is. like the
Seawanhaka Club COrnthian. hut In o muder way
and dcvote more than other clubs tG the develop
meut of the art of sailing small boats. large number
of the members OF other yacht clubs belong t" the
LarchmOnt Club and the hdrbOr IN IrOnt OF the CLUB
house is always fail of yachts in the yachting season
The club gives annual Cornthian regattas which are
participated i'm hv q large number of yachts.
The club this wear has taken lease OF three houses
at LaIchmont, having outgrown is former quarters
Two of these house, viii be used for cubhodSes ana
the third will contain billiard rooms bow ing ALT vs.
etc Tennis have been laid ont on the lawn sur
rounding the houses and q number of bathing houses
built on the beach. Since tine club has been III exist
ence il has made many improvements at Larchmont
The channel and haTbor have been buOyed and now n
new wharf il building in font of the cub-holses.
The club has given peunant regatta7 every year giving
more of them than any other club In those waters
One of the most active members IN building up tie
club was Charlie y Jenkins who for several years
commodore and who is still active in the clubs weaIo
Tie club l. in excellent condition financially aba
will take an active part In Yachting this year IT. new
club accommodations will make II more popular than
ever
The officer. e tho club are as follows; Commodore.
Austin Muuroc. 81. commodore. A. Bryan Alley
rcar-conmodorc. Uaiold A. Sanderson; corresponding
secretary; William Porter Jenkins recording secre-
tary Frank l. Anthony treasurer, Thomas b. Brown.
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lection Of sponges from Florida numbering 20 sPeS-
mems for which we received bronze medal aud diploma
of honor Key West is the headquarters OF the Florida
fisheries and Nassau Of the Bahama fisheries The Key
West sponge dealers own the boats and the apparatus
engage the fishers and receive the ep0nges. All American
spongcs arc what we call sherps wool and what the
English call honcycomb The Florida s!ousss arc so eA
celent that they are much dtarer than the European
spoEges OF the same class aud they ere purchased ny
Eropean houses who bleach them and loor them ara
then sell th,Eo for bath toilet sponges The sheep7
wool sponge generally speaking. however Is Tor car
ria es and harness and cleaning gnd grooming horses
Bath spongcs which are Of much closer texture ana
can be used for an immense variety Of purposes ncud
ing surgery and wuter-cOlOr painting nave hnt Oeell
found at all In American water, and belong 10 we dft
or Eastern Mediterranean. Tie Austfdns OF IltcS'S
handle these spOnges largely. .,-.-t..
everything in our power TO RAISE III" Ptcc
and extend the reputation OF the FLORIDA -pOe anu t
merchants there IL into their heads hat thele "S
actually limit to the prices oh alnahlr Tor tueH Ep
Values had gone up steadily from fifty cents pound 20
tbrpe dollars pound and they thOugni ihey Cohi Ert
more than that so thcy held But n their pcclhy
resources are limited they could only dos Tor snort %
and when they had accumulated three weeks supplies
they were forced TO sell At ~ - pound; Ihey ba9
in stock III that time about $4,000 pounds ahd a so
sheepswOO sponge VIII average TWO Ouh'N
this would represent 10000 sponecs. .,-....o,
fit should found that he finer kinds 81 sheep No"
spons can be made popular here for the OF Inferior
grades OF bath sponges. then the high prices soul tu
can be obtained. Bit present the retailers o. ~
York. Boston and Philadelphia are selling sonEes AZ
rate OF 50 IS a pound. This T. done by loao-h4 .ue
sDapges so a. them heavier By Ieptilhg tHcn
with fine sand they bc Uade To average hNt onEcs
to the pound This. however. Il most uhSals
trick since II hard tn got rid OF TIE sand anu ieN
grains will make bad scratches upon the paheis oi Gal
/ rfaye
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THE ATLANTIC CLUB.
ADVANTAGES OF A GOOD ANCHORAGE NEAR
TIE CITY

ADVANTAGES OF A GOOD ANCHORAGE NEAR
THE CITY.
The Atlantic Yacht Club WAS organized in 500 and
was at first composed of members Of the old Brooklyn
Yacht Club. Ii first established in club house at
the foot Of Court ST. Brooklyn At it, first regatta there
were eighteen yachts entered of which only seven were
cabin sloops the rest being open boats The march OF
Improvement drove the club from its house in Brook
lyn it, anchorage being destroyed by the extension OF
the streets in that vicinity This eventually proved
good thing for the club was the of its seek
ing present excellent quarters at Bay Ridge. The
constitution adopted by the club at it, formation gave
the yacht-owners the exclusive right TO vote all sub
eots except the admission of members and the leyyng
of Oil assessment One black ball excluded member
from admission and by the sailing regulations yacht
could be sailed in any regattas Of the club ex
cept by member of the club by a sailng-master
ployed by member of the club who had at the open
Ing Of the season fled his with the secretary.
The oluL from the beginning adopted a time allow
anoe based on length onya system 10 which the other
clubs have Of late nearly approached. This club
the FIRST 10 introduce pennant regattas That is re-
gatta in whch yachts contest for glory and champion
pennant The club finding II expedient TO leave it,
old quarters began b. cast about for suitable place for
another clubhouse. Recognizing the fact that the
small the life Of the club it desired to get
HoIoe rlace where safe anchorage would be available
for tie small craft 1t was thought best to buy suit
able size but the club at the disad vantage of
owning valuable real estate club, and the result
was the formation of the tlantic Harbor Limited"
an association incorporated Ia buy and hold property
which the club should lease from them The members
of the club took all the stock Of the corporation and
have ever sinoo held it, The sum OF $50 900 was thus
raised aud niece If property purchased OF Bay
Ridge 33b feet square with extension OF ninety feet
10 tho bukhead line and OF 600 feet " the end OF the
pier line Part Of the land waa leased 70 the AieySne
keat Club lad part 10 Jsha Mun1. atbgldsT. IAas
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,pJiy BRIGHTON THINGS THEATRICAL
Mr. CAzAURAN MEDITATEs on THE AMERICAN
s1AGE-A WORD FROM SHERIDAN SHOOK.

MR. CAZAURAN MEDITATEs on THE AMERICAN
sTAGE-A WORD FROM SHERIDAN SHOOK.
Messrs. Cazauran and Shook were sit
ting at small table In the Morton House
the other day talking over things In general ana
occasionally exchanging words with the vary
ing groups Of actors and others connected with the
profession who stood around. AZ TRIBUNE reporter
,oned the couple they discussing that fruitful then
ofdebate the degeneraey of the modern actor.
"Irs due In great TO the papers, said Mt Cazau
ran They give column after column 10 Langtry and
Irving and few lines only to the native actor The lat
ter loses heart and wonder. Look at the fuss they
made over Irving They spoke Of his scenery as II the
Ike had never before, and wager that Walsek
and Daily 90 say nothing OF the Union Square have had
uaintng that discounted any Of iryings three TO one
Well Booth comes "a month later aud plays 10 hslfemPy
hou See at the same theatre"
"You make a great mistake" said Sheridan Shook. "Ad
NIT for the argument that Booth the better actor
OF the two, and then you cannot blame the public
They found Irving with excellent company. artistic
scenery and superb stage management and they crowded
20 see him Booth follows with thoroughly incompetent
company fakedup' scenery and general nattenton to
detail People will not pay VI 90 10 hear Mr. Booth for
the half hour or he the stage during the two hou
performance That sort Of thing ys vel enough ten o.
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a considerable revenue was secured TO the Atlantic
Harbor Limited and excellent place secured Tor the
Atlantic Club.
On the property was an old farm house which
fitted up rs q club house BreakwRters forming basin
were built In the Bay in front OF the house, and the
place at once became yachting centre. Between the
basin and Ridge dock il good anchorage for
yaoht- and there in the numbers of them are
ALWAYS to be seen at anchor. When the club first 10
Gated in 1880 it had 120 members and 90 yachts
Now it has 200 member and 100 yachts. There Is
tennis court near the ub house and in the house a
restaurant The club is composed largely of business
men of this city and Brook yn who like to run down OF
an afternoon 10 take a sail after Office hours. man
goes down by steamer To Bay Ridge or by cars to the
clubhouse his yacht il all ready TO get under way and
in fifteen minutes he ia down Ia the NarrOws and
shifting the fresh breezes of he ocean,
The Atlantic Club has always frowned down any eK-
travHgance in Yachting and has sought TO make it a
sport within the reach Of men not in the possession OF
great incomes. The yachtil season begins with the
club on May 80 and ends on November !. The club
has no city house. but has in COurtst, Brook
lyn. where meetings are held. In summer the CLUB
house Bay Ridge well patronzed, aud there are to
be found sporting periodicals and other publications
giving information in regard TO yachting. No liquor Is
allowed 10 he sold on the cubgrOunds or in the club
house The club has annual cruise in the course OF
the season, generally going far east MATTHIAS
Vineyard. The coming season promises TO be sue
cessfu one and the members beginning TO plan for
matchraces and regattas and yachowners to overhaul
their boats. Several of the yachts building Will be
enrolled in the Atlantic Club fleet. The club Is free
from debt and ia in satisfactory financial condition
The present officers Of the club are follows Com
mOdore H. Herbert HOgins yicc-cOmmOdore, george
b. Mofiat; rear-commodore, II. c. Wintringham
recording secretary Frank &. Swan treasurer, Rich
ard c. Field; corresponding secretary, D. Lawrence
Marcellus.
In former times the Brooklyn Yacht Club large
and active club but since the formation Of the Atlantic
Club il has gradually declined until it has now dropped
out Of the list of active organizations IL has never
surrendered it, charter but no election has been held
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YACHTS AND YACHTING.
gHE WHITE WINGS IN OUR HARB0R
YACHT CLUBS IN AND ABOUT NETWORK.

GROWTH OF THE INTEREST IN THIS CifY-sTEADf
INCREASE IN FLEETS AND MEMBERSHIP.
The season of preparation in yachting circles
is beginning, and before many weeks the waters
of the Bay will be dotted with the white SAILS OF
pleasure boats. Yachting in New York is forty
wears old this year. and from the one club which
was orzanized two score years ago there are
now five large clubs and a dozen smaller ones.
Forty vcars ago there were nine yachts and
nine members belonging to the New York
Yacht Club. then just formed and the only or
ganization of the kind in the country. Now the
men belonging to yacht clubs in and around
this city are numbered by thousands and the
yachts byfundreds. No place in America Is
such Yachting centre as New York, and in the
size and number of its yachts 1t can only De
eQualled in England. The present season opens
with all the clubs in a prosperous condition,
with many new yachts, and with prospect OF
excellent sport before the season Is over III the
shape of match races and regattas. Many New
York yachts are making extended cruises IN
Southern or European waters, practice which
has been growing from year to year as the
wealth and leisure of yacht-Owners have In
creased The large majority of yachtsmen are
still men who indulge in the sport OF yachting
In the interim of theiTbusness occupations, VINO
throw all cares to the wind with the white sails
Of their yachts and enjoy an afternoon, day.
BRA week of relaxation. There are, however,
many gentlemen of leisure who delight Iii
taking long cruises and rival the most cele-
brated English cruising yachts in the length OF
time they ar at sea.
Thi, yea opens with a revival of interest IN
all things nautical and yachtsmen, almost the
only class of people who in the s,agnation and
decay of the past eleven years have kept alive
the maritime spirit of the country. are not be-
midland in the revival Of interest in maritime
nfiairs which l. apparently beginning III earnest
In thi, country. The amount of capital and
Labor which Is yearly bestowed on the yachting
mterc of New York Is known To- few outside
Of yachting c..clcs and few properly estimate
the salutay influence which Yachting has had
and Win continue TO have on the naval archl-
ectur, ana the maritime spirit OF the country.
Herewith The TRIBUNE presents series Oh
sareiuly prepared articles il regard to the ms
k5vv. characteristics, condition and prospects OF
he leading clubs Ia and near NcwYor
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fifteen years ago but other times Other pauDers and tbs
sooner tragedans learn this ossOn the better for them
when you say that better scenery may have been seen AZ
Wauack's and the Urion Square you speak beside tho
mark. No has yet Shakespeare mounted - ir'
wing WCuAted his plays, and that's what people won't no"
adays." And sIr SHOOK got M aud les the tsh'e
g1iess he's right" mHmurei the meditaiivc hr.
Caz,uram but The theatrical profession ri pretty 'oS
ebb from an artistic point d view made Z; insks
the other hight at tie Nineteenth Gentry linb "hieh
seemed 20 pcct with favor, moi for inSf mhff mfF"
perfars but supy berause sp0l,e on subject under
stood. Think shah make 70 few remark, 70 i' Ph''
some afternoon at the Madison Square Jhe0H '' ih'f'
are several points wish e. dae ou in reference % nc
American Theatre. ", have gone on on the "ioH- tex
anl are going still farther every rcar VIZ t3l'- 10
Waack short time before DE opened hi' nc' tf"Is'
lie had sent for ne 10 oak to adsP; something io' 80
opoung night and asked him why Dc an not cinPoy
him. B9uccault had got U,h and LETT NaHath, Pgy,'
Hang the .'Shau gtaru." and hang the World ae1
other plays which brought me iu htie ,'ht
now ( cannot put ms ed comedies on ln ar.. 10
style aud get aud fences 20 come 10 gee ibrn VIZ a
spoke the truth. Waack ku0w' moit ot ihcaiI,a Dll;
ageineut than an the Bouricau. and CaZ1urans I0ei
into bunch. He bss forgotten more rih We cft' - -
but The trouble Is ne won't manage 10 .r"''' W. w
'One OF the bes-n.a aged theatres in Anercai' ,lg'
tin Daily sand that T. dur simply 10 ne lei 'lal -
and hard work OF DAILY himself re j. m 1T; their iayn
nine in the morning tn late ~ night aud There - ho -
nail driven that d. doe NOT know about aud haye -: ~
regarding. Palmer a good manager ~ alo'iti EFo
Ho was simply man OF caution culture, and good iasIr
He gOt good men to nanag, his several depsHEep' Ahn
left cvoryibng entirely n their hands ihIce oI ip
days before the nnal rehearsal appeared with an eye
Ike hawk, he every thing, and tA"igh ~ HShi H"
De able to suggest INVENTIVE eodd nd Iattio " "
mercicssly buf wisely
"The cultured of this city are ~ state o. h
rest regarding things theatrical an outcome OF Enen W.
the meeting 81 the little clique 90 Conranit Psinst
house last week. They to Europe aud SEE tae Iea
Francalse and the HaynaThet Theatre ana come nD.l
and see that something Is wanting though iaeh hDr ~
what This want the Madison Square Theatre mgh, hdte
RIled and perhaps n il alters it. meth0 MAY SUI WI
The trouble there Is tna they are AFRAID OF ire oii.
They have brought audience to tntr thedtIt va" e'
the stage and the cement parrakes o. mar TIT
But the time has for them o. make re" nc '
hear Mallory has decided TO take step pa alf'i.
Let them give their people something th1lhhS anu
dramatic, and they will appreciate II even iaoie lnd
audiences which are accustomed . go 10 tet 'h''N
aad see real plays played by real actors