Complex sentence: Retiring from teaching in 1892, he became an editorial writer for the Wilmington Every Evening newspaper, and in 1899 was admitted to the Bar and began the practice of law in Delaware.
Split into simpler sentences: Retiring from teaching in 1892, he became an editorial writer for the Wilmington Every Evening newspaper. He also studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and began the practice of law in Delaware.