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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-22

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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-22

The installation services Of Rev George
ri. Hickman as pastor Of the First presby
berian Church will be held in the church
tomorrow evening beginning at 730
O'clock. Rev. Lafayette Marks ID. D. Of
this city win preside and propouad the
constitutional questions. Rev Samuel
A. Gayley, D. ID, Of Colora, Md pastor
Of the West Nottingham Church. will
preach the sermon; Rev. Il. r. Mcdowell
ef Greenvlne, Dol, pastor Of tina Lower
Brandywine Church, will deliver the
charge to the pastor and Rev W. L. Me
Evan of the Rodney Street Church Of
this city win deliver the charge to the
people. The First Church people cor
daily invite the congregations Of the
other Presbyterian churches to attend
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
THE SECRET OF STYLE.

The secret of style lies in the infalli-
BILE use of words. Whether a writer
be great or only mediocre, will depend
first and last upon his choice of words.
Grammer, paragraphing, unity of COM
position, even clearness and force, are
things that can be taught. All, ex-
cept force perhaps, should indeed be
disposed Of in the grammar school.
But precision, propriety, elegance, in
cisiveness, suggestiveness, Individual
ity, how and when are they to be &C
quired? How, indeed, if not through
the closest study of the greatest writ
ers in their happiest moods ? AS re-
CARDS Macaulay, his genuine critics
maintain that he is not one of the
greatest writers of our language, and
that he does not repay the closest study,
because he is lacking in the curiosa fell
citas which betokens consummate lit
erary genius.
Textbooks of rhetoric, and with
them instruction in rhetoric, overlook
the paramount Importance of the word
element in style. They concentrate
attention upon more formal matter,
sentence structure, paragraphing, Sin
vention,' and the like. But words are
the life-blood of speech. To disregard
them is to misunderstood the very proc
ess Of thought communication. Words
are not algebraic symbols, having ex-
act and fixed values. We cannot set
up our sentences as the mathematician
sets up his equations. The same word
does not always bear the same mean
ing. Every word has had it's own Or
ganic growth, carries with it a variable
set of associations, may appeal to one
ear and fall dead upon another. How,
then, are we to learn to use words cor
rectly As one artist learns from an
other the art of coloring, by observa-
tion and imitation. Imitation of course,
in the higher sense, not aping, which
results in mere mannerism. More than
century ago, Leasing said, with hrs
usual sagacity, that imagine Raphael
without hands, but never a Raphael
without eyes. What Leasing meant
was that the artists one essential quail
ity is vision. The artist must see his
object, its form, its color, its relations,
and he must also see every line and
shade that he is to use in its represen-
tation, must see them in his mind be-
fore attempting to convey them to the
canvas. Is it any different in literary
style2 Must not the writer see his OBJ
ject in all its details, must he not select
from the treasury Of speech just the
word that will reproduce his mental
vision ? The worst mistake that he
can make is to think that one word
will answer as well as another.-Pro-
lessor J. N. Hart, in Modern Language
Nnfoc
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
A FREE PASSENGER.

There are always pleasant people oD
the Pullman overland trains. Sitting but
a little way in front of me was bright
young man, and as 1 looked at him, I
saw to my surprise squirrel peep out Of
his pocket and look timidly about; find
ing the coast clear he came and sat on
the young mans shoulder. OF course
there was soon crowd about the little
animal, but he took the curiosity he
awakened in very good part. He had
many charming tricks to show off; now
he was on the brim of his masters hat
n ext on the very apex of the crown, then
he ran up the arm of gentlemen who
extended his hand, and sat unconcerned
on the top of his head. We could not
contain our delight at this little passen-
ger who was riding without ticket.
You can hardly imagine the pleasure
that this little animal produced; every
day he was ready for play, In a short
time he would run from one end of the
Car to the other, eat from the lunch bas-
kets, or nestle in the muff OF lady and
go to sleep.-Treasure- Trove.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30

Guess he willp and she pushed into
the apartment. "Good morning, General,
| want to speak to you a m lment. May I
come in?"
II should think you had got IMP an
swered the General, barely looking up in
great annoyance. "What's up now?"
"Why, General" said the earnest mat
ron in a perfect torrent of words, 1--WE
can't stand this last order OF yours, no.
how. You'll have to change it as sure
as you live. We can get along without
any more nurses or agents, but the sup
plies we must have. The sick and
wounded men need them, and you'll
have to give permission to bring them
down. The fact is, General, after man
is unable to carry a gun, and drops out
of tine lines, you don't trouble yourself
about him, but turn him over to the hos
pitfalls, expecting the doctors and nurses
to get him well and put him back again
into the service as soon as possible. But
how are we going to make bricks with.
out straw? Tell me that if you cam"
well, I'm busy to. day and cannot at
tend to you. will see you some other
time" But though Sherman kept on
writing, and did not look up, Mother
Bickerdyke saw smile lurking in the
corner of the mouth, and knew she would
carry her point. So she persisted.
mo, Generall Don't send me away
until you've fixed this. thing as it ought
to be fixed. You had me assigned to
your corps, and told me that you expected
me to look after the nursing of the men
who needed it. But I should like to
know how can do this if 1 don't have
anything to work with? Have some sense
about it now, G sneral.'
There was hearty laugh of this, and
little badinage ensued, which Mother
Bickerdyke ended in her brusque way,
with. "Well can't stand fooling here
all day. Now. General, write an order for
two cars day to be sent down from the
Sanitary Commission at Nashville, and
I'll be satisfied" The order was written,
and for weeks all the sanitary stores sent
from Nashville to Chattanooga, and the
posts along that road, were sent directly
or indirectly through the mediation Of
Mother Bickerdy lie.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30

or hundreds of women who devoted
themselves to the care of the sick and
wounded of the army, Mother Bickerdyke
stands pre- eminent. was intimately as
ISOLATED with this re narkable woman dur
ing the war Others were as heroic and
consecrated as she, as unwearied in lsbors
and as unselfsh and self sacrificing. But
she was unique in method, extraordinary
in executive ability, enthusiastic in devo-
ton and indomitable in will. After her
plans were formed and her purposes
matured she carried them through tri-
umphantly, in the teeth OF the most for
midable opposition.
Gen. Sherman had issued an order
absolutely forbidding agents or nurses
OF any description to go over the road
from Nashville to Chattanooga. He al
eyed as the reason for this prohibition
that he wished the entire ability of the
railroad devoted to strictly active milit-
airy operations. There was great distress
in the hospitals below Nashville in con-
sequence of this stringent order, and I'M
easiness and anxiety at the North, be-
cause of its seemingly needless inhuman-
ity. Mother Bickerdyke found Nash
vile full Of worried agents, and of SAINT
airy stores that we're needed down the
road and spelling for Task of trans
portation. Her pass from Gen. Grant
would take her to Chattanooga, despite
Gen. Sherman's prohibition. Despite
remonstrance and opposition, she took
the next train for Chattanooga, and made
her unexpected debut at Gen. Shermsn's
headquarters.
"Halloo! Why, how did you get down
here?" asked one of the Generals staff
officers, as he saw her enter Sherman's
headq quarters.
"Came down in the cars, of course
There's no other way of getting down
here that know Of" replied the matter
of.fact woman. 81 want to see Gen.
Sherman"
He is in there, writing" said the Off
Ger, pointing to an inner room; "butI
guess he won't see YOU"
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his finger on the wrist. "He is deadl"
he whispered.
The duty of writing the widowed
wife was assigned me, and 1 took the
letter and photograph. All, what
letter was that which the dying man
had placed in my handsl He had
evidently not replied to it, for it had
been only just received, and had not
the worn look Of having been carried
long in the pocket. 1t was from his
wife, informing her husband of the
death, on the same day, of their two
children, three and five years old. 1t
was the letter of superior woman
who wrote nobly and tenderly, hiding
her own grief, in her desire to comfort
her husband.
81 do not feel that we have lost our
children thus she wrote; "they are ours
still, and will be ours forever. Their
brief life was all sunshine, and by
their early departure they are spared
all experience of sorrow and wrong.
They can never know the keen heart
ache that you and 1 must suffer at
their loss. 1t must be we'll with them.
Their change Of being must be an
advance, continuance of existence on
higher plane. And some time, my
dear Harry, we shall rejoin them. 1
sometimes fear, my darling, that you
may meet them before 1 shall. Their
death has taken from me all the fear of
dying, which, you know, has SO greatly
distressed me. 1 can never fear to
follow where my children have led. 1
have an interest in that other life,
whatever it may be, an attraction to-
ward it, of which 1 knew nothing be-
fore. Oh, my dear Harry, do not mourn
too muchl I wish I were with you to
share with you, not alone my hope, but
the great conceptions of that other life
which have come to me-"
enclosed to the bereaved wife her
own letter and photograph taken from
the dead hands of her husband, and told
her all knew of his death. A CORES
pondence ensued, which stretched
itself along the next three years. In
the depth of her triple bereavement,
the saddened woman found comfort in
the belief that her children and hus-
band were united. 81 sometimes be-
lieve the children needed him more
than l." was her frequent asser-
ton.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
NIGHT IN CAMP.-WELoOMED BY MY
SUNDAY SCHOOL BOYS

L determined to visit "Our Battery
Boys" who were encamped two miles
from the landing, when the hospital
work at Milliken's Bend was done.
had already sent them their private
packages and letters, and notified them
of my intended visit. The ambulance
left me mile from their camp, and in
the fragrant twilight of a lovely spring
day, walked inside the levee, toward
its location. Soon saw the dear fell
lows striding along the top of the levee
to meet me, their figures standing out
clearly against the evening sky. 1
called to them, and down they rushed.
Such a welcome! such chorus of
manly, familiar voices such a shaking
of hands! such hearty embraces from
the younger members, sixteen of whom
had been members of my own Sunday
school class. AS 1 walked with them
into camp, the boys swarmed from
tents and 'shebangs," all shouting a
hearty welcome, noisy, jolly, and ex-
cited. What a hubbubl What a
jubilee! Here was guest from home,
who had talked few days before with
their fathers and mothers, sisters and
wives. The best "shebang" of the
encampment was placed at my dis
posal, for was to spend the night
with them. 1 was too far from the
boat to return, had I desired it, and 1
had planned to be with them two or
three days. There were unvisited
hospitals in that neighborhood.
Everything in the way of shelter, in
camp parlance, that was not a tent,
was "shebang." Mine was a rough
hut made Of boards, with plank floor,
rooted with canvas, with a bona fide
glass window at one end, and paneled
door at the other. The furniture con-
sisted of two hunks, one built over the
other, bedded with fresh hay. A pair
Of blankets had been shaken free from
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
THE DYING SOLDIER-HIS LAST LETTER
FROM HOME. A PATHETIC STORY.

While we made the tour of the hos
D. ais, tall, stalwart man was brought
in on stretcher, who had been shot
the night before on one of the gunboats
stationed at Island Number Ten. 1t
WIS not dangerous wound apparently
only little hole in the left side, that
l could more than cover with the tip Of
my smallest finger-but the grand-look-
ing man was dying.
''Can 1 do anything for you?' l in
gu red, after the surgeon had examined
him, and he had been placed in bed.
''Too latel too late!'' was his only
reply, slightly shaking his head.
"Have you no friends to whom you
wish me to writer"
He drew from an inside vest pocket
for his clothing was not removed
letter enclosing photograph of most
lovely woman. ''You wish me to
write to the person who has sent you
this letter."
He nodded slightly, and feebly
whispered, ''my wife"
Bowling her head, and folding her
hands, Miss Stafford offered a brief,
touching prayer in behalf Of the dying
man, bending low over him that he
might hear her softly spoken words.
Her voice faltered little, as she re-
membered in her prayer the far-absent
wife so near bereavement. "Amenl :"
responded the dying man, in distinct
voice, and then we left him with the at
tendant, to minister to others. Lifting
the photograph, he gazed at it earnestly
for few moments, pressed it to his
lips, and then clasped it in both hands.
When 1 returned to his bed some
twenty minutes later, he was still look
ing upward, his hands still clasping the
photograph, and his face was irradiat-
ed with the most heavenly smile l
have ever seen on any face. spoke
to him, but he seemed not to hear, and
there was far-away look in the gaze,
as though his vision reached beyond
my ken. L stood still, awestruck.
The wardmaster approached, and laid
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
MY FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH.-FACING An
AUDIENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

came up the Mississippi River the
last of April, '63, where 1 had spent
long time in work among the hospitals.
l found my desk loaded with invita-
lions to visit aid societies, or deliver
addresses, in which 1 should narrate
my experiences. All we're eager to
hear directly from the army at the
front, which was fighting, not the
enemy alone, but swamp fever, malarial
diseases, and, worse than all, scurvy.
The invitation which, decided to &C
cept was one which, in the order of date,
was first given, and that took me to
Dubuque, Iowa. The ladies had writ
ten as follows
1.-THE hall in which we hold our
meetings will accommodate about
three hundred. We shall pack it for
an afternoon meeting. We want you
should narrate to the ladies who will
be in attendance what you have seen.
In the evening we shall adjourn to a
larger hall, where we shall have music,
sell cake, ice cream, hot coffee, and
other refreshments, and where we hope
the attendance will be doubled. The
great attraction will be your presence,
and the fact that through you the gen.
tlemen can get such information as
they may desire. If we have good
weather, we shall clear one hundred
dollars.
started the night before, on one of
the Pullman sleepers, and reached
Dunleith-now East Dubuque-early
in the morning. No bridge then
spanned the Mississippi at that point
it was only possibility in the future.
A ferry-boat took passengers across.
But as we alighted from the train, we
saw the boat on the opposite side with
no prospect of being able to steam
across Immediately. The ice had
moved down from the upper river, and
was wedged in great masses opposite
Dubuque, the broken and ponderous
sheets grinding against each other, and
stretching from shore to shore. All
ferriage of freight and passengers had
ceased for twenty -four hours.
spent the weary day watching the
unmoving ice, and wondering what
was to become of my engagement in
the evening. About three in the
afternoon, observed two men, on the
Dunleith side, launching a row-boat
where the river was open. By dint of
earnest entreaty, and promise of hand
some payment, persuaded them to
row me over. They assured me that l
would be drowned-and one of them
declared ''if she were my wife, she
shouldn't go a step!" was not so
certain of that. And also knew that
the boatmen were accustomed to this
mode of conveyance, and had no expec-
tation of being drowned themselves.
If they dared take the risk, / need not
fear to accompany them. My fellow
passengers babe me goodbye" rue
fully prophesying, with the boatman,
that should be drowned-or, at least,
handsomely ducked." They all proved
false prophets.
1t took long while to cross, for the
men were obliged to row upstream,
above the loose ice, into clear water,
and then to descend the river on the
Dubuque side. was safely landed, at
dark, mile above the regular wharf. 1
found my way to the house of my
friend, who was to entertain me. A
great shout of joy welcomed me as en-
tered the door. She was the president
of the Aid Society, and the ladies had
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sion and estate. called Cumberhil Wood, in
Parish Aughloo, County Tyrone, together with
ego. 600 invested in 3 per cent consols. Barnes
will leave for ireland In q few days.
AT the meeting Of the League directors in As
bury Park. last week. the consideration of the
Sullivan EsterbrooK trouble was laid over, none
of the Indianapolis directors being present.
The Philadelphia club has detective Randall
in its employ all during the season, and the lat
ter makes a report TO Manager Wright every
morning. The boys do not know Mr.. Randall,
nor are they aware that they are being watched.
Umpire Ferguson, in speaking, recently. Of
the habit of hootine at the umpire, said: 'The
crowd frequently prevents an umpire from doing
justice. An umpire will sometimes make q
basty and erroneous decision which be will
recognize a moment later. II everything went
on quietly be could readily correct his error, but
the moment the crowd begins to jeer and boot
he Is forced to hold TO 1t. for should he reverse
1t the crowd would accept il as a sign of weak
ness, and would attempt to influence his decis-
ison every time. and would keep him constantly
In hot water"
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Dangers from Driving.
the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:

Dangers from Reckless Driving.
TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
For q long time I have seen the reckless ex-
pose of human life on our streets and other pub
lie highways by drunken and other incompetent
persons known as drivers. Many disastrous
r-s occur from reckless driving upon the part
Of irresponsible parties handling horses, some
times for themselves, but generally for others.
The laws of the road require that drivers shall
keep to the right in meeting; in passing, that
they shall pass upon the left, and under no cir
eumstances shall they be allowed to violate
this rule without taking the risk of damage
that sho1ld follow ignorance Of the laws Of the
road. or willful intention, through malice or
other wise, to break up a carriage, thereby ieop-
ardizing the lives of innocent occupants, and
also paralyzinR the pleasure that good people
have in driving out with their household. /
have encountered within the last week two reek-
less, drunken vaeabonds, incapable of managing
q horse or any other animal, not even Of them
selves. who have caused me to send my buggy
to the shop twice in one week.
!, therefore, recommend TO the Mayor and tine
City Council of indianapolis that every vehicle
of any kind whatever, drawn by apy kind OF
beast whatever, shall be numbered and placed on
the city records with the name of the owner. and
that he shall be held responsible for all accidents
that may occur by himself or his driver through
negligence or incompeteney. as ship-owners are
responsible for violation .of the laws of mari
time navigation. To be more fully safe. every
vehicle in the city of Indianapolis should be re-
quired TO carry lamps. to light them at twilight,
and to keep them lighted during the night.
should they remain on the streets or road.
Unless some precaution of this kind is adopted
by the city of indianapolis, and l may say other
cities in the West, for most Eastern cities have
these regulations. human life here is unnecss-
sarily in constant jeopardy. / write this letter
without malice towards anyone, and only be-
cause I believe it is for the protection of human
life and the comfort Of our citizens.
7 a RRrpGrANDL
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however. and in searching for other employ
ment applied to Mr.. Cownan. . dealer In seeds
10 hambe street, and this man told him that
as ne did not serve out the contract he made
VIII Mr.. Morton, be would have to pay the
money he was indebted to him. Forbes gave
the seed-dealer q note for S45. payable ia twelve
months, made out to Mr.. Morton. he was then
cent to work for Mr.. William K. Vanderbilt at
lslip. L. L, where he is now employed. called
on him, but he refused TO speak on the subject
Another gardener. named Boyd. ] learned from
Mr.. McCrea, was imported under contract and
is still in Mr.. Morton's employ"
The witness said that his informant on these
subjects were Mr.. McCrea, who was formerly
head gardner for Mr.. Morton, but left his en-
ploy when he was lowered in his position.
Congressman Guenther, in cross-examining
the witness, directed his attention to an article
recently published In the Star containing 90 ac-
count OF how an Italian emigrant WAS bribed
into becoming q supporter of Harrison. The
witness said that the writer Of the article had
been suspended because the story was q flake"
The committee discussed the reporters testi-
mony, and all agreed that is was hearsay evil
dence. 1t was retained on the record. however,
and adjournment was taken until tomorrow.