On our way from San Antonio to the City of Mexico our train ran into one of the sand-storms, for which the Mexican country is famous at certain times of the year; and we were at a standstill on a side track at a small station for twenty-four hours. The food was execrable, the wind and sand were choking, and the whole experience trying in the extreme. We were warned against thieves of the neighbourhood, and, during the night we were locked in the cars to ensure the safety of our belongings. In spite of these precautions a shawl which the Doctor valued, because it had been presented to him by the citizens of Melbourne, Australia, was stolen during the night through an open window. They were not bashful those thieves of the sandstorm. From a private car attached to the rear of our train they stole a refrigerator bodily off the platform.
The Doctor had long been suffering from his throat, and all these annoyances had the effect of increasing the painful symptoms to such a degree that when we finally got into the city of Mexico on Saturday, March 1st, it was necessary to call a physician. Dr. Talmage had brought with him a number of letters of introduction from Washington to people in the City of Mexico, but the Mexican minister had written ahead of us, and on the day we arrived people left their cards and extended invitations that promised to keep us socially busy every day of our week's visit.
The Doctor was ailing a little, I thought, but not seriously. He had a slight cold. Although he had planned to preach only in the Presbyterian Church a week from our arrival, the people of the other Protestant denominations urged him with such importunity that he agreed to preach for them on the first Sunday, the day after our arrival. This was an unexpected strain on Dr. Talmage after a very trying journey; but he never could refuse to preach, no matter how great his fatigue. On the following Tuesday a luncheon was given Dr. Talmage by General Porfirio Diaz, the President of the Mexican Republic, at his palace in Chapultepec. The Doctor enjoyed a long audience with the aged statesman, during which the mutual interests and prospects of the two countries were freely discussed, President Diaz manifesting himself, as always, a friend and admirer of our government and people. During the afternoon a cold wind had come up, and the drive home increased the Doctor's indisposition, so that he was obliged to confine himself to his room. Still he was up and about, and we felt no alarm whatever. On Thursday night, he complained of a pain at the base of his brain, and at about four in the morning I was awakened by him:—
"Eleanor," he said, "I seem to be very ill; I believe I am dying." The shock was very great, it was such a rare thing for him to be ill. We sent for the best American physician in the city of Mexico, Dr. Shields, who diagnosed the Doctor's case as grippe. He at once allayed my fears, assuring me that it would not be serious.
Dr. Talmage had promised to lecture on Friday, March 7th, and we had some trouble to prevent him from keeping this engagement. Dr. Shields insisted that Dr. Talmage should not leave his room, declaring that the exertion would be too much for him. Not until Dr. Shields had assured Dr. Talmage that the people could be notified by special handbills and the newspapers would he consent to break the engagement.
On Friday night Dr. Talmage grew worse; and finally he asked to be taken home, personally making arrangements with Dr. Shields to travel with us as far as the Mexican border, as my knowledge of Spanish was very limited. Eventually it became necessary for Dr. Shields to go all the way with us. In the great sorrow that the people of Mexico felt over the sudden illness of Dr. Talmage, their regret at his cancelled engagements was swallowed up, and there was one great wave of sympathy which touched us not a little.
The journey to Washington was a painful one. Dr. Talmage kept growing worse. All day long he lay on the couch before me in our drawing-room on the train, saying nothing—under the constant care of the physician. Telegrams and letters followed the patient all the way from Mexico to the Capital city. At every station silent, awe-stricken crowds were gathered to question of the state of the beloved sufferer. In New Orleans we had to stay over a day, so as to secure accommodation on the train to Washington. While there many messages of condolence were left at the hotel, a party of ladies calling especially to thank me for the "great care I was taking of their Dr. Talmage."
On our route to the national city, I remember the Doctor drew me down beside him to speak to me. He was then extremely weak and his voice was very low: "Eleanor, I believe this is death," he said.
The long journey, in which years seemed compressed into days, at last came to a close. The train pulled up in Washington, and our own physician, Dr. Magruder, met us at the station. Dr. Talmage was borne into his home in a chair, and upstairs into his bedroom, where already the angel of death had entered to welcome and guard him, though, alas! we knew it not, and still hoped against hope. Occasional rallies took place; but evidences of cerebral inflammation appeared, and the patient sank into a state of unconsciousness, which was only a prelude to death. Bulletins were given to the public daily by the attending physicians; and if aught could have assuaged the anguish of such moments it would have been the universal interest and sympathy shown from all parts of the world.
Readers will pardon me if I reproduce from The Christian Herald a record of the last scene. It is hard "to take down the folded shadows of our bereavement" and hold it even to the gaze of friends.
"After a painful illness, lasting several weeks, America's best-beloved preacher, the Reverend Thomas DeWitt Talmage, passed from earth to the life above, on April 12th, 1902. Ever since his return from Mexico, where he was prostrated by a sudden attack which rapidly assumed the form of cerebral congestion, he had lain in the sick chamber of his Washington home, surrounded by his family and cared for by the most skilful physicians. Each day brought its alternate hopes and fears. Much of the time was passed in unconsciousness; but there were intervals when, even amid his sufferings, he could speak to and recognise those around him. No murmur or complaint came from his lips; he bore his suffering bravely, sustained by a Higher Power. The message had come which sooner or later comes to all, and the aged servant of God was ready to go; he had been ready all his life.
"Occasional rallies took place, raising hopes which were quickly abandoned. From April 5th to April 12th these rallies occurred at frequent intervals, always followed by a condition of increased depression, more or less augmented fever and partial unconsciousness. On Saturday, April 12th, a great change became apparent. For many hours the patient had been unconscious. As the day wore on, it became evident that he could not live through another night. All of Dr. Talmage's family—his wife, his son, the Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, of Chicago; Mrs. Warren G. Smith and Mrs. Daniel Mangam, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Allen E. Donnan, of Richmond; and Mrs. Clarence Wycoff and Miss Talmage, were gathered in the chamber of death. Dr. G.L. Magruder, the principal physician, was also in attendance at the last. At 9.25 o'clock p.m., the soul took flight from the inanimate clay, and the spirit of the world's greatest preacher was released."
The Rev. T. Chalmers Easton, an old and valued friend of Dr. Talmage, was in frequent attendance upon him, and never ceased his ministrations until the eyes of the beloved one were closed in death. A brief excerpt from his address at the Memorial Service of the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage held at the Eastern Presbyterian Church, Washington, may not be unacceptable to the reader:
"A truly great man or eloquent orator does not die—
Lifts thine on high?
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.'
"What shall we say of the prince in Israel who has left us? Can we compress the ocean into a dewdrop? No more is it possible to condense into one brief hour what is due to the memory of our beloved and illustrious friend. His moral courage was only equalled by his giant frame and physical strength. He was made of the very stuff that martyrs are made of: one of the most remarkable individualities of our time. A man of no negative qualities, aggressive and positive.
"His whole soul was full of convictions of right and duty. A firm friend, a man of ready recognition, a human magnet in his focalising power. He was true in every deed, and never needed a veil to be drawn.... If, as his personal friend for more than twenty years, I should attempt to open up the treasures of his real greatness, where shall we find more of those sterling virtues that poets have sung, artists portrayed, and historians commended? He was truly a great man—a man of God!
"The last years of his life were full of happiness in the living companionship of her who so sadly mourns his departure. He frequently spoke to me of the great inspiration brought into these years by her ceaseless devotion to all his plans and work, making what was burdensome in his accumulating literary duties a pleasure.... The last fond look of recognition was given to his beloved wife, and the last word that fell from his lips, when far down in the valley, was the sweetest music to his ears—'Eleanor.'
"It was said once by an eminent writer that when Abraham Lincoln, the forest-born liberator, entered Heaven, he threw down at God's throne three million yokes as the trophies of his great act of emancipation; as great as that was, I think it was small, indeed, compared with the tens of thousands of souls Talmage redeemed from the yokes of sin and shame by the glorious Gospel preached with such fervour and power of the Holy Ghost. What a mighty army stood ready to greet him at the gates of the heavenly city as the warrior passed in to be crowned by his Sovereign and King!"
The funeral services were held at the Church of the Covenant, Washington, on April 15th. The ceremony began at 5 p.m., with the "Dead March from Saul," and lasted considerably over an hour. The coffin rested immediately in front of the pulpit, and over it was a massive bed of violets. On a silver plate was the inscription:
THOMAS DEWITT TALMAGE,
JANUARY 7TH, 1832-APRIL 12TH, 1902
The floral offerings were numerous, including a wreath of white roses and lilies of the valley sent by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The officiating clergymen were the Rev. Dr. T.S. Hamlin, pastor of the Church; the Rev. Dr. T. Chalmers Easton, of Washington; and the Rev. Drs. S.J. Nicols, and James Demarest, of Brooklyn. A male quartette sang: "Lead, Kindly Light," a favourite hymn of Dr. Talmage; "Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping"; and "It is well with my Soul." The addresses of the Reverend Doctors were eulogistic of the dead preacher, of whom they had been intimate friends for more than a quarter of a century. The body lay in state four hours, during which thousands passed in review around it.
At midnight the remains of Dr. Talmage were conveyed by private train to Brooklyn, where the burial took place in Greenwood Cemetery. The funeral cortége arrived about ten o'clock in the morning; hundreds were already in the cemetery, waiting to behold the last rites paid to one they revered and loved. The Episcopal burial service was read by the Rev. Dr. Howard Suydam, an old friend and classmate of Dr. Talmage, who made a brief address, and concluded the simple ceremonies by the recital of the Lord's Prayer.
Tributes were paid to the illustrious dead all over the civilised world, and in many languages; while thousands of letters of condolence and telegrams assured the family in those days of affliction that human hearts were throbbing with ours and fain would comfort us. One wrote feelingly:
"When Dr. Talmage described the Heavenly Jerusalem, he seemed to feel all the ecstatic fervour of a Bernard of Cluny, writing:
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love beholding
Thy holy name, they weep.'"
And it seems to me that I cannot better close this altogether unworthy sketch of Dr. Talmage than by offering the reader as a parting remembrance, in its simple beauty, his "Celestial Dream":
"One night, lying on my lounge when very tired, my children all around me in full romp and hilarity and laughter, half awake and half asleep, I dreamed this dream: I was in a far country. It was not in Persia, although more than oriental luxuries crowned the cities. It was not the tropics, although more than tropical fruitfulness filled the gardens. It was not Italy, although more than Italian softness filled the air. And I wandered around looking for thorns and nettles, but I found that none of them grew there; and I saw the sun rise and watched to see it set, but it set not. And I saw people in holiday attire, and I said, 'When will they put off all this, and put on workman's garb, and again delve in the mine or swelter at the forge?' But they never put off the holiday attire.
"And I wandered in the suburbs of the city to find the place where the dead sleep, and I looked all along the line of the beautiful hills, the place where the dead might most blissfully sleep, and I saw towers and castles, but not a mausoleum or a monument or a white slab was to be seen. And I went into the chapel of the great town, and I said: 'Where do the poor worship, and where are the benches on which they sit?' And the answer was made me, 'We have no poor in this country.'
"And then I wandered out to find the hovels of the destitute, and I found mansions of amber and ivory and gold; but not a tear could I see, not a sigh could I hear; and I was bewildered, and I sat down under the branches of a great tree, and I said, 'Where am I, and whence comes all this scene?' And then out from among the leaves and up the flowery paths and across the bright streams, there came a beautiful group thronging all about me, and as I saw them come I thought I knew their step, and as they shouted I thought I knew their voices, but they were so gloriously arrayed in apparel such as I had never before witnessed, that I bowed as stranger to stranger. But when again they clapped their hands and shouted 'Welcome! Welcome!' the mystery all vanished, and I found that time had gone and eternity had come, and we were all together again in our new home in Heaven.
"And I looked around, and I said, 'Are we all here?' And the voices of many generations responded, 'All here!' And while tears of gladness were raining down our cheeks, and the branches of the Lebanon cedars were clapping their hands, and the towers of the great city were chiming their welcome, we all together began to leap and shout and sing, 'Home, home, home, home!'"
INDEX
- Abbott, Emma, her bequest to the Brooklyn Tabernacle, 244;
- character, 244.
- Aberdeen, Lord and Lady, 299.
- Adams, Edwin, 71.
- Adams, John, his administration, 8.
- Adler, Dr., 118.
- Agnus, General Felix, 223.
- Alba, 368.
- Albany, intemperance, 45;
- Alice, Princess, her death, 90.
- Allen, Barbara, case of, 82.
- "America," s.s., length of voyage, 135.
- Ames, Coates, 74.
- Amoy, 19.
- Anarchists, execution of, 198.
- Anglo-American Commission, members of the, 325.
- Annapolis, 326.
- Arkell, W.J., 224.
- Arthur, Chester A., elected President, 115;
- Astor, Mrs. William, 55;
- Atlantic, passage across, reduction, 99.
- Austen, Colonel, 221, 241.
- Avery, Miss Mary, her marriage, 25 note.
- Baden-baden, 388.
- Bakewell, 351.
- Ball club, a ministerial, 49.
- Banks, Rev. Dr. Louis Albert, 281.
- Barnes, Rev. Alfred, 48.
- Barnes, General Alfred C., 241.
- Barnes, Alfred S., 207.
- Bartholdi statue, 149, 150.
- Baskenridge, 4.
- Bayne, John, heroism of, 134.
- Beaconsfield, Lord, 104;
- Beck, Senator, 276.
- Bedloe's Island, 149.
- Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, his views on theology, 119;
- Belfast, 391.
- Belgium, King Leopold of, in Paris, 388.
- Belleville, Reformed Church at, 18.
- Bellows, Rev. Dr., 116.
- Benton, Thomas H., 104.
- Berg, Rev. Dr., 48.
- Bergh, Professor Henry, his defence of animals, 100;
- Berlin, 374.
- Bethune, George W., 186.
- Betting, practice of, in America, 147.
- Bible, Higher Criticism, 253.
- Bill, Buffalo, 261.
- Bird, Mrs., 244.
- Birds, the slaughter of, 184.
- Birmingham, 267.
- Birmingham, Alabama, cyclone at, 340.
- Blackburn, Governor, 275;
- Blackburn, Mrs., 278.
- Blaine, James G., candidate for the Presidency, 138;
- Boardman, Rev. Dr., 48.
- Bobolinks, number of, killed, 184.
- Bobrinsky, Count, 263, 283.
- Boer War, 347.
- Bond, Mr., 72.
- Bonnet & Co., failure of, 76.
- Bonynge, Mrs., 261.
- Boody, Hon. David A., 241, 281.
- Boston, conflagration of 1872, 231;
- Union Church of 49.
- Bound Brook, 9.
- Bowery Mission, anniversary, 395.
- Bowles, Samuel, 131.
- Brainerd, Dr., 38.
- Branch, F.H., 269.
- Brewer, Justice, 337.
- Brewers' Association, demand, 162.
- Bribery, practice of, 165-167.
- Briggs, Dr., 245.
- Brighton Beach, races at, 147.
- Broadhead, Rev. Dr., 91.
- Brooklyn, corrupt condition, 64, 69, 75;
- custom of carrying firearms, 75;
- standard of commerce, 75;
- Bill for a new city charter, 78;
- number crossing the ferries, 78;
- Lafayette Avenue railroad scheme, 79, 88;
- police force, 82;
- management of public taxes, 82;
- spread of communism, 83;
- reign of terror, 87;
- bridge, 99;
- cost, 120;
- opened, 122;
- improvement in local administration, 99;
- number of pastors, 120;
- pool rooms opened, 147;
- railway strike, 167;
- establishment of a labour exchange, 167;
- new jail, 175;
- pulpit builders, 186;
- committee of investigation, 193;
- ovation on the return of Dr. Talmage, 241.
- Brooklyn, the central Church of, 49, 50, 53;
- alterations, 57.
- Brooklyn Tabernacle, the first, 55;
- dedication, 3, 61, 62, 249;
- enlarged, 62;
- rededication, 62;
- amount of collections, 62, 63;
- burnt down, 65, 229, 231, 284-286;
- size of the new, 67, 252;
- law-suit, 94;
- prosperity, 162;
- appeal for funds to rebuild, 232;
- trustees, 233;
- subscribers, 234;
- consecration of the ground, 234;
- cost, 242;
- position, 242;
- rent of pews, 243;
- corner-stone laid, 245;
- contents, 245;
- opened, 249;
- financial difficulties, 268;
- celebration festival of the 25th anniversary of Dr. Talmage's pastorate, 280-283;
- letter from the Trustees, 287.
- Brooks, Erastus, 131.
- Brooks, Phillips, 261, 272.
- Brower, Commissioner George V., 241.
- Brown, Henry Eyre, 281.
- Brown, Dr. John, 60.
- Brown, Dr., amount of his salary, 247.
- Brown, Senator, of Georgia, 110.
- Bryan, William Jennings, 406;
- his wonderful voice, 406.
- Bryant, William Cullen, his death, 85;
- Buchanan, James, President, his reply cablegram to Queen Victoria, 250.
- Buckley, Dr., 120.
- Buffalo, 408.
- Bunker Hill, 156.
- Burnside, Senator, 115.
- Burr, Aaron, his infamy, 8.
- Burrows, Senator, 337.
- Bush, Dr., his advice to students, 208.
- Bushnell, Giles F., 234.
- Butler, Ben F., nominated Governor of Massachusetts, 88;
- candidate for the Presidency, 121.
- Butter, Rev. T.G., 62.
- Byrnes, Inspector, at the Press Club, 223.
- Cable service, a cheaper, 135.
- Cablegram, the first, 250.
- Campbell, Superintendent, 81.
- Canada, 326, 405.
- Canton, Ohio, 306.
- Carey, Senator, 256;
- at Cheyenne, 104.
- Carleton, Will, 317.
- Carlisle, Mr., 128.
- Carlyle, Thomas, his house, 97;
- Carnegie, Andrew, his gift of a library to Washington, 335.
- Carpenter, Samuel, 223.
- Carroll, Mr., 102.
- Carson, Rev. Dr. John F., 281.
- Carson, Joseph E., 234.
- Cartwright, Sir Richard, 325.
- Case, James S., 224.
- Catlin, General, 157.
- "Central-America," sinks, 134.
- Chambers, Rev. Dr., 3.
- Chapin, Mayor, 241.
- Charleston, 414;
- earthquake at, 178.
- Chase, Salmon P., his death, 188.
- Chatsworth, 353-355.
- Chattanooga, 339.
- Chelsea, 97.
- Cheyenne, 104;
- fashions in, 106.
- Chicago, 99;
- Chili, war with Peru, 117.
- Chinese, legislative effort to exclude, 90;
- Chloroform, first use of, 207, 356.
- Choate, Mr., 360.
- Cholera, experiments on, 162.
- Christian Herald, extract from, on the illness and death of Dr. Talmage, 419.
- Christiania, 365.
- Chrysanthemum, rage for the, 158.
- Church fairs, pastoral letter against, 72:
- Cincinnati, 276;
- differences in clock time, 189.
- "City of Paris," 235.
- "City of Rome," 133.
- Civil War, 38;
- Clarion, Mdme, 72.
- Clay, Henry, 104;
- his death, 188.
- Clement, Judge, 241.
- Cleveland, Grover, candidate, 117;
- elected Governor of New York, 121;
- candidate for the Presidency, 138;
- elected, 140;
- his mother's Bible, 144;
- reception of Mr. Blaine, 144;
- cartoons, 175;
- marriage, 176;
- his exercise of the right of veto, 180;
- tour, 198;
- message to Congress, 200;
- his intercourse with Dr. Talmage, 301-306;
- attack of rheumatism, 303;
- objections to the Chinese Immigration Bill, 304;
- attacks against, 306.
- Cleveland, Mrs., 297;
- Cleveland, Miss Rose, 300.
- Clinton, DeWitt, 102.
- Coates, A.E., 234.
- Cockerill, Col. John A., at the Press Club, 223.
- Colfax, Schuyler, 141.
- Collier, Judge, 363.
- Collier, Miss Rebekah, 346;
- her diary, 350.
- Collins, Mr. and Mrs. John, 261.
- Collyer, Dr. Robert, amount of his salary, 247.
- Colorado springs, 320.
- Colquitt, Senator, 256.
- Commons, House of, dynamite explosion, 142.
- Communism, theory of, 83.
- Coney Island, 147, 179.
- Conkling, Senator Roscoe, his opposition to the Silver Bill, 80;
- Constantinople, earthquake, 191.
- Converse, Charles Cravat, 50.
- Coombs, Mr., 257.
- Cooper, Fenimore, 85.
- Cooper, Peter, 55, 57, 70.
- Copenhagen, 363
- Corbit, Rev. William P., 33-35.
- Cork, 391.
- Coronado Beach, 320, 322.
- Corrigan, Archbishop, 191.
- Courtney, Judge, 241.
- Cox, Rev. Dr. Samuel H., 186.
- Cox, Mr., 128;
- Cradle, the family, 2.
- Creeds, revision of the, 244.
- Crosby, Dr., his ecclesiastical trial, 101.
- Croy, Peter, 17.
- Crystal Palace, banquet given to Dr. Talmage at, 267.
- Cuba, victory in, 320.
- Culver, John Y., 241.
- Curry, Daniel, 196.
- Dana, Richard Henry, his death, 93;
- literary works, 94.
- Daniel, Senator, 256.
- Darling, Charles S., 233, 269.
- Davenport, E.L., 71.
- Davis, Jefferson, 339.
- Davis, Sir Louis, 325.
- Deer Park, 409.
- Demarest, Rev. Dr. James, at the funeral of Dr. Talmage, 422.
- Democratic party, 46.
- Denmark, the national flower "Golden Rain," 363.
- Denmark, Crown Prince and Princess of, receive Dr. Talmage, 364.
- Denver, 99, 320;
- Depau, Mr., his bequest to religion, 194.
- Depew, Chauncey M., 223.
- Derbyshire, 351.
- Dewey, Admiral, 348.
- DeWitt, Dr., 187.
- DeWitt, Gasherie, 31.
- Diaz, Gen. Porfirio, President of Mexico, 417;
- his interview with Dr. Talmage, 417.
- Dickens, Charles, result of insomnia, 62.
- Dickey, Dr., 374.
- Dilke, Sir Charles, 179.
- Divorce, views on, 237.
- Dix, John A., 102.
- Dix, Dr. Morgan, amount of his salary, 247.
- Dixon, Rev. A.C., 281.
- Dodge, William E., 55, 57.
- Donnan, Mrs. Allen E., 420.
- Doty, Ethan Allen, 224.
- "Dow Junior's Patent Sermons," 16.
- Dowling, Rev. Dr. John, 26.
- "Dream, The Celestial," sketch, 423.
- Due West, 338.
- Duncan, John, 31.
- Duncan, William, 31.
- "Earth Girdled, The," publication of, 289.
- Earthquake at Charleston, 178;
- Constantinople, 191.
- East Hampton, 57, 274, 338, 408.
- Eastern, Rev. T. Chalmers, on the death of Dr. Talmage, 420;
- at his funeral, 422.
- Edinburgh, 60, 97, 356.
- Edison, Prof. Thomas, 89.
- Education, views on, 152.
- Ellis, Hon. E.J., 81.
- Erskine Theological College, Due West, 338.
- Evarts, Hon. William M., 283, 288.
- Ewer, Rev. Dr., 123.
- Fairbanks, Vice-president, 337.
- Fairchild, Benjamin L., 234.
- Falls, Samuel B., 38.
- Far-Rockaway, First Presbyterian Church at, 229.
- Farwell, Senator, 261.
- Faulkner, Senator, 325.
- Ferguson, James B., 269.
- Ferron, Dr., his experiments with cholera, 162.
- Field, Cyrus W., lays the cable, 249.
- Field, Chief Justice, his death, 336.
- Finney, Dr., his revival meetings, 4.
- Fish, Rev. Dr., 29.
- Fish, Hamilton, Secretary to
- General Grant, 70.
- Fiske, Steven, 223.
- "Florida," disaster of, 133.
- Flower, Roswell P., 223.
- Folger, Mr., 117.
- Food, adulteration of, 131.
- Foster, John, 53.
- Fox, George L., 71.
- Fox, G.V., 266.
- Frankfort, Kentucky, 275.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 173.
- Frazer, Dr., 120.
- Free trade question, 128.
- Freeman, Mr., 94.
- Frelinghuysen, Dominie, 149.
- Frelinghuysen, Frederick, 149.
- Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., 115, 144;
- his death, 149.
- Frelinghuysen, Gen. John, 149.
- Frelinghuysen, Senator Theodore, 149.
- Fulton Ferry, new bridge at, 99.
- Funk, Dr., 157.
- Gallagher, Dr., 120.
- Gallows, death by the, 198.
- Gambling Pool Bill, protest against, 194.
- Gambetta, 122.
- Garcelon, Governor, 102.
- Garfield, President, his election, 106;
- Garfield, Mrs., amount subscribed, 145.
- Gateville, 9.
- Gedney, Judge, 224.
- Geogheghan, the poet, 224.
- George, Henry, 223.
- Gettysburg, battle of, 38.
- Gilbert, Judge, 193.
- Gilmore, Pat, 224.
- Gladstone, Mrs., 240;
- Gladstone, Mrs. Herbert, 357.
- Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W.E., 104, 150;
- Glasgow, 355.
- Goldsmith, Oliver, his struggles as an author, 108.
- Gordon, Senator, 256.
- Gorman, Senator, 331.
- Gough, John B., his gift of oratory, 164;
- dramatic power, 164.
- Gould, Jay, 172.
- Grace, Mr., Mayor of New York, 121.
- Grain, failure of, in Europe, 103;
- blockade in the United States, 103.
- Grant, General, President, 92, 279;
- Grant, Mayor, at the Press Club, 223.
- Greeley, Horace, 131, 175;
- his sufferings from insomnia, 62.
- Greenport, 50 note.
- Greenwood cemetery, 422.
- Greenwood, Judge, 199.
- Greer, Dr., amount of his salary, 247.
- Gregg, Rev. Dr., 281.
- Grévy, President, his resignation, 200.
- Grier, Dr., President of the Erskine Theological College, Due West, 338.
- Grinnell, Moses H., 57.
- Guiteau, assassinates President Garfield, 113.
- Haddon Hall, 351-353;
- romance of, 352.
- Hagerstown, 221.
- Hall, Rev. Dr., 154.
- Hall, Dr. John, amount of his salary, 247.
- Hall, Rev. Dr. Newman, 97;
- at the Mansion House, 260.
- Hall, Robert, 53.
- Halstead, Murat, 283.
- Hamilton, Rev. J. Benson, 241.
- Hamilton Club, 224.
- Hamlin, Rev. Dr. T.S., at the funeral of Dr. Talmage, 422.
- Hampton, Governor Wade, 81.
- Hancock, John, 173.
- Handy, Moses P., 223.
- Hanna, Rev. Dr., his death, 254.
- Hanna, Senator, 414.
- Hardman, Dr., 21,
- his method of examining Dr. Talmage, 22.
- Harlan, Justice, 337.
- Harper, E.B., 224.
- Harrisburg, 396;
- Harrison, President Benjamin, 257.
- Harrison, Rev. Leon, 241.
- Harrison, William Henry, 114, 257.
- Hatch, A.S., President of the New York Exchange, 135.
- Hatch, Rufus, 224.
- Hawarden, 236, 357.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 107.
- Hayes, President, 70;
- character of his message, 74.
- Hazlitt, William, his struggles as an author, 108.
- Helsingfors, 368.
- Henderson, Mr., 321.
- Hendricks, Thomas A., Vice-president, 158;
- Hendrix, Joseph C., 124, 241, 283.
- Hermann, 223.
- Herschel, Lord, 325;
- his illness and death, 326.
- Hewitt, Abram S., elected Mayor of New York, 188.
- Hicks-Lord case, 76.
- High Bridge, 275, 276.
- Hill, Rev. Dr. John Wesley, 396.
- Hill, Rowland, 97.
- Hill, Senator, 105.
- Hilton, Judge Henry, 116, 223.
- Holy Land, 235.
- Holyrood Palace, 59.
- Home Missionary meeting, in Carnegie Hall, 305.
- Howard, Joseph, 224.
- Howell, Mayor, his report on the condition of Brooklyn, 81.
- Hudson, 37.
- Hugo, Victor, 107.
- Hull, Isaac, 125.
- Huntington, Dr., amount of his salary, 247.
- Hutchinson, Dr. Joseph, 196.
- Hydrophobia, inoculations against, 162.
- India, famine in, 298.
- Indiana, elections, 124.
- Ingersoll, Colonel Robert, 70.
- Inness, Fred, 221.
- Insomnia, sufferings from, 62.
- Iowa, prohibition in, 193.
- Ireland, Home Rule for, 173, 239.
- Irish Channel, crossing the, 391.
- Irving, Washington, 85;
- Isle of Wight, 389.
- Jackson, Gen. Andrew, 156.
- Jaehne, Mr., his incarceration, 175.
- Jamaica, Long Island, synodical trial at, 101.
- James, General, his reforms in the Post Office, 113.
- Jamestown, 339.
- Jefferson, Joseph, 332.
- Jefferson, Thomas, inaugurated, 174.
- Jews, persecution of, in Russia, 118;
- settle in America, 119.
- Johnson, Andrew, President, charges against, 157.
- Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 53;
- his epitaph, 210.
- Johnstown, result of the flood at, 228.
- "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse," 346.
- Kansas, 193;
- Katrine, Loch, 356.
- Kean, Edmund, 71.
- Keeley, Dr. Leslie, 254.
- Keller, John W., 224.
- Kennedy, Dr., 187.
- Killarney lakes, 391.
- King, Gen. Horatio C., 224, 241.
- Kingsley, Mr., 207.
- Kinsella, Thomas, 100, 130.
- Kintore, Earl of, 298, 356.
- Klondike, arrival of gold-diggers from, 321.
- Knox, E.M., 234.
- Knox, John, his grave, 355.
- Knox, J. Amory, 224, 234.
- Krebs, Dr., 187.
- Lafayette Avenue, railroad scheme, defeat of, 79.
- Lake Port, Maryland, 409.
- Lamb, Col. Albert P., 224.
- Lamb, Charles, on the adulteration of food, 131.
- Lambert, Dr., case of, 75.
- Lang, Anton, takes part in the Passion Play, 380.
- Langtry, Mrs., 391.
- Lansing, Rev. Dr. I.J., 283.
- Laurence, Amos, 55.
- Laurier, Sir Wilfred, 325.
- Lawrence, E.H., 233.
- Lawrence, F.W., 286.
- Leadville, its age, 105;
- Leamington, 358.
- Lectures, fees for, 40.
- Lee, General, his invasion of Pennsylvania, 38.
- Leeds, collection at, 97.
- Lennox, James, 55, 194.
- Leslie, Frank, the pioneer of pictorial journalism, 102.
- Lexington, 188, 275, 276.
- Liberty, statue of, 148-150.
- Lies, system of, 197.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 37;
- Lincoln, Robert, Secretary of War, 113.
- Lind, Jenny, 14.
- Lindsay, Rev. E.P., 338.
- Liverpool, 357;
- addresses given at, 97.
- Locke, Commissioner of Appeals, 107.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 224.
- Lomond, Loch, 355.
- London, Lord Mayor of, his banquet at the Mansion House, 260.
- Long Island, 229.
- Los Angeles, 322.
- Louisiana, State of, 80.
- Low, Seth, Mayor of Brooklyn, 121, 133.
- Lowell, James Russell, 145.
- Lowndes, Governor, 326.
- Lyle, Lady, 389.
- Macaulay, Lord, 188.
- Mackenzie, Dr., his death, 254.
- Mackey, Mrs., 261.
- Mackinaw Island, 339.
- Madison, 273.
- Magruder, Dr. G.L., 418, 420.
- Maine, outbreak in, 102.
- Malone, Rev. Father Sylvester, 281.
- Manchester, Cavendish Chapel, 348.
- Manderson, Senator, 256;
- his Bill for the arbitration of strikes, 172.
- Mangam, Mrs. Daniel, 420.
- Manning, Daniel, his death, 200.
- Marietta, Ohio, 317.
- Marriages, number of elopements, 137.
- Martin, Mrs. Bradley, 261.
- Martin, Pauline E., 234.
- Mathews, Charles, his death, 85;
- story of, 85.
- Matthews, T.E., 286.
- McAdam, Judge David, 224.
- McCauley, Jerry, 136.
- McCormick, Cyrus, 194.
- McDonald, Senator, 261.
- McElroy, Dr., 187.
- McGlynn, Father, 191.
- McKean, John, 125.
- McKinley, President, his congratulations, 284;
- McLean, Alexander, 233.
- McLean, Andrew, 241.
- McLeod, Rev. Donald, installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington, 341.
- Mead, W.D., 269.
- Memphis, 339.
- Mendes, Rabbi F. De Sol, 281.
- Merigens, George T., 38.
- Mershon, Rev. S.L., 57, 274.
- Mexico, 416.
- Michigan, 339, 409.
- Middlebrook, New Jersey, 1.
- Minado, 320.
- Ministers, amount of salaries, in the United States, 63.
- Minneapolis, 99.
- Mitchell, Dr., 120.
- Mitford, 108.
- Modjeska, Mdme., 332.
- Molière, the comedian, 72.
- Monona Lake, 273.
- Monroe Doctrine, 304.
- Montauk Point, purchase of, 99.
- Montreal, 326.
- Moore, Charles A., 224.
- Moore, DeWitt, 39, 43.
- Morey, forgeries, 106.
- Morrisey, John, 69.
- Moscow, 374.
- Mott, Lucretia, the quakeress, 106.
- Munich, 375.
- Murphy, Mr., 207.
- Nagle, Dr., 224.
- Nansen, the explorer, 365.
- Napier, Lord, his story of a wounded soldier, 239.
- Nashville, 339.
- Neilson, Judge Joseph, 133, 193, 204.
- New, Mrs., 261.
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 15.
- New Orleans, 340, 415, 418;
- victory, 8.
- New York, corrupt condition, 64; 69;
- New York University, 14.
- "New York," 258.
- Newark, 19.
- Newspaper reporter, day with a, 211-220.
- Newspapers, reduction in the price, 123.
- Newstead Abbey, 349.
- Newton, Lady, 361.
- Newton, Sir Alfred, Lord Mayor, 361.
- Nichols, Governor, 81.
- Nicols, Rev. Dr. S.J., at the funeral of Dr. Talmage, 422.
- Nightingale, Florence, note from, 359;
- receives Dr. Talmage, 360.
- North Cape, view from, of the Midnight Sun, 365, 366.
- North River, first steamer, 8.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 126.
- Nottingham, 260;
- Albert Hall, 348.
- Nutting, A.J., 234.
- Oakley, Rev. Mr., 51.
- Ober-Ammergau Passion Play, 375;
- Ocean Grove, 408.
- "Oceanic," 391.
- Ochiltree, Colonel Tom, 261;
- at the Press Club, 223.
- Ogden, 104
- Ohio, elections, 124;
- River, 276.
- Olcott, George M., 224.
- Omaha, 99,104;
- picture galleries, 106.
- Osborne, Truman, 16.
- "Our Dead President," sermon on, 410.
- Packer, Asa D., 194.
- Paine, Tom, 71.
- Palmer, A.M., 261.
- Panics, view on, 290-293.
- Paris, 60, 236;
- Parker; Rev. Dr. Joseph, 259;
- Parkhurst, Dr., 258;
- amount of his salary, 247.
- Parnell, C.S., in New York, 102;
- triumph on his return to England, 163.
- Passaic River, 29.
- Pasteur, Dr., his inoculations against hydrophobia, 162.
- Patten, Dr., 120.
- Paxton, Dr., amount of his salary, 247.
- Payne, Mr., his song "Home, Sweet Home," 108.
- Peabody, George, his will, 73.
- Peace Jubilee, a national, 43.
- Peck, General, defence of, 362.
- Penn, William, 156.
- Pennsylvania, invasion, 38;
- election, 124.
- Peru, war with Chili, 117.
- Peterhof, Palace of, 370.
- Peters, Barnard, 281.
- Phelps, Mr., 145.
- Philadelphia, Second Reformed Church of, 37.
- Phillips, Wendell, 127.
- Pierce, Dr., 369.
- Pierce, Mrs., 370.
- Pierce. President, opens the World's Fair, 195.
- Pierce, Senator, his Bill for a new city charter for Brooklyn, 78.
- Piermont, 25.
- Pilgrim Fathers, in New England, 156.
- Pius IX., Pope, 77.
- Policies, International, lecture on, 322.
- Polk, Mrs., her pension, 145.
- Pollock, Robert, ex-Governor, 22;
- report of his speech, 41.
- "Pomerania," s.s., loss of, 89.
- Pomeroy, Rev. C.S., 51.
- Pond, Major, 96.
- Poor, problem of the, 143.
- Potomac, the, 38.
- Pratt, Judge C.R., 133, 224.
- Prayer, the influence of, 148.
- Prentice, Mr., 207.
- Press Club, dinners at, 223.
- Pressly, Rev. David P., 338.
- Preston, William C., 104.
- Pretoria, capture of, 361.
- Prime, Rev. Dr., 71.
- Princeton, 301.
- Queenstown, 391.
- Railway strike, 166.
- Rainsford, Dr., amount of his salary, 247.
- Randall, Mr., 128.
- Raymond, Henry J., 131.
- Reed, Joseph, 166.
- Reed, Speaker, 337.
- "Rehypothication," crime of, 76.
- Reid, Dr., 120.
- Republican party, 46.
- Reynolds, Judge, 193.
- Rhode Island, 115.
- Richards, Rev. Dr., 27.
- Ridgeway, James W., 124.
- Riley, his "Universal Philosophy," 107.
- River and Harbour Bill, 143.
- Robinson, Lincoln, 102.
- Robinson, William E., 241, 253.
- Roche, Rev. Spencer F., 281.
- Rockport, new cable landed at, 135.
- Rockwell, Rev. J.E., 50.
- Roebling, Mr., 207.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 224, 422.
- Roosevelt, Mrs., 422.
- Rosa, Parepa, 43.
- Roswell, Mr., 205.
- Ruskin, John, 261;
- his literary works, 262.
- Russia, 263;
- Russia, Alexander III.; Czar of, receives Dr. Talmage, 263-266;
- gift to him, 280.
- Russia, Nicholas II., Czar of, receives Dr. Talmage, 371.
- Russia, Czarina of, receives Mrs. Talmage, 371;
- her appearance, 371.
- Russia, Dowager Empress of, receives Dr. Talmage, 372.
- Russia, Nicholas, Grand Duke, 264.
- Sacramento, 104;
- picture galleries, 106.
- Sage, Russell, his loan to Brooklyn Tabernacle, 268.
- Sailors, character of, 133.
- St. Louis railway strike, 167.
- Salt Lake City, 104, 320.
- Salvation Army, meetings in Brooklyn, 222.
- San Antonio, 415.
- San Francisco, 322;
- Sand, George, character of her writings, 64.
- Sanderson, driver of the stage coach, 11.
- Sand-storm, a Mexican, 415.
- Sanitary Protective League, organisation of, 143.
- Santa Barbara, 322.
- Saratoga, 319.
- Scenery Chapel, 97.
- Schenck, Dr. Noah Hunt, 141.
- Schieren, Major, 281.
- Schiller, the famous comedian, 72.
- "Schiller," the, sinks, 134.
- Schley, Admiral, 332, 336.
- Schroeder, Frederick A., 99, 224.
- Schuylkill River, 25 note.
- Scott, Rev. James W., 22;
- Scudder, Dr., 120.
- Seattle, 321.
- Seavey, George L., 135;
- his gift to the library of the Historical Society, New York, 109.
- Seward, William H., 102;
- his death, 188.
- Shafter, General, 336.
- Shaftesbury, Lord, his funeral, 155;
- Shannon, Patrick, 69.
- Sharon Springs, 57.
- Sharpsburg, 221.
- Sheepshead Bay, races at, 147.
- Sheffield, 357.
- Shelbyville, 160.
- Sheridan, Mr. and Mrs., 108.
- Sherman, James, 97.
- Sherman, John, 256, 284.
- Sherman, Gen. William T., 242.
- Shields, Dr., 417;
- Siberia, 263.
- Silver Bill, passed, 80.
- Simpson, Bishop, 136.
- Simpson, Sir Herbert, 356.
- Simpson, Sir James Y., his use of chloroform, 207, 356.
- Skillman, Dr., 11.
- Slater, Mr., 194.
- Slocum, General, 133.
- Smith, Charles Emory, 223.
- Smith, Rev. J. Hyatt, 189;
- his life of self-sacrifice, 190.
- Smith, Mrs. Warren G., 420.
- Somerville, 3, 9.
- Soudan war, 146.
- Soulard, A.L., 268.
- Southampton, 347.
- South Carolina, 81.
- Spain, war with the United States, 320;
- investigation into, 336.
- Speer, Dr. Samuel Thayer, 186.
- Spencer, Dr., 54.
- Spencer, Rev. W. Ichabod, 186.
- Spring, Dr. Gardiner, 54, 187.
- Spurgeon, Rev. Charles H., 253;
- his death, 254.
- Stafford, Marshal, 241.
- Stanley, Dean, 116.
- Staten Island, 161.
- Stead, Mr., his crusade against crime, 153.
- Steele, Dr., 120.
- Steele, Commissioner of stamps, 107.
- Stephens, Alexander H., 80.
- Stevens, Mrs. Paran, 261.
- Stevens, W., 30.
- Stewart, Samuel B., 116.
- Stillman, Benjamin A., 224.
- Stockholm, Immanuel Church, 367.
- Stone, Rev. Dr., 187.
- Stone, Governor, 337, 346.
- Storrs, Rev. R.S., pastor of the Church of Pilgrims, 186.
- Stranahan, J.S.T., 120, 133, 224.
- Stratford-on-Avon, 358;
- the "Red Horse Hotel," 97.
- Strikes, 167;
- Bill for the arbitration of, 172.
- Stuart, Francis H., 234.
- Stuart, George H., 38.
- Sullivan-Ryan prize fight, 117.
- Summerfield, Dr. John, 187.
- Sunderland, Rev. Dr. Byron W., 294, 410.
- Suydam, Rev. Dr. Howard, at the burial of Dr. Talmage, 422.
- Swansea, 267, 389.
- Sweden, 367.
- Swenson, Mr., 364.
- Syracuse, 35.
- Talmage, Catherine, her character, 3;
- Talmage, Daisy, 50 note.
- Talmage, Daniel, 10.
- Talmage, David, his Christian principles, 3;
- Talmage, Edith, 50 note.
- Talmage, Mrs. Eleanor, her Biographical Sketch of Dr. Talmage, 311;
- Talmage, Rev. Frank DeWitt, 50 note, 420.
- Talmage, Rev. Goyn, 9.
- Talmage, Rev. James R., 9.
- Talmage, Jehiel, his conversion, 5.
- Talmage, Jessie, 25 note.
- Talmage, Rev. John Van Nest, 9;
- Talmage, Mrs. Mary, 25 note.
- Talmage, Maud, 50 note, 346, 355,420.
- Talmage, May, 50 note, 235.
- Talmage, Mrs. Susan, 50 note, 235.
- Talmage, Thomas DeWitt, his birth, 1;
- ancestors, 2;
- father, 3;
- mother, 3;
- the family Bible, 3;
- conversion of his grand-parents and parents, 4;
- home, 9;
- childhood, 10;
- early religious tendencies, 10;
- at New York University, 14;
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 19;
- conversion, 16;
- first sermon, 19;
- ordination, 21-23;
- pastorate at Belleville, 25;
- marriage, 25 note;
- children, 25 note, 50 note;
- his first baptism, 26;
- first pastoral visitation, 27;
- first funeral, 29;
- pastorate at Syracuse, 35;
- first literary lecture, 36;
- call to Philadelphia, 37;
- amounts received for his lectures, 40, 96;
- at the National peace jubilee, 43;
- his fear of indolence, 48;
- ministerial ball club, 49;
- second marriage, 50 note;
- call to Brooklyn, 50;
- installed, 51;
- charges against, 51, 58, 94;
- character of his sermons, 53, 58, 315, 323, 395;
- establishes the first Brooklyn Tabernacle, 55;
- vacations at East Hampton, 57, 274, 338, 408;
- visits to Europe, 59, 153, 258, 346;
- impressions on hearing the organ at Freyburg, 59;
- meeting with Dr. John Brown, 60;
- in Paris, 60, 362, 388;
- sermons, 62, 220, 273, 286, 290, 296, 323, 336, 348, 356, 358, 359, 389, 396, 410-412;
- on the size of the heavenly Jerusalem, 66;
- his opinion of Church fairs, 72;
- lecturing tours, 80, 84, 143, 159, 297, 326, 339, 348, 405, 408;
- opposes the effort to exclude the Chinese, 90;
- death of his brother John, 91;
- Gospel meetings, 96, 289;
- visits to the house of T. Carlyle, 97;
- trip to the West, 104, 172, 189;
- views on betting, 147;
- on education, 152;
- his numerous letters, 153-155;
- on the demands of Society, 169-171;
- views on war, 181;
- at Lexington, 188;
- protest against the Gambling Pool Bill, 194;
- proposal of a World's Fair, 195;
- on execution by electricity, 198;
- advocates free trade, 200;
- advice on books, 202-204;
- a day with a newspaper reporter, 212-220;
- his study, 212, 328;
- correspondence, 213-215;
- visitors, 215-218;
- appearance, 218, 343;
- pastoral visit, 219;
- chaplain of the "Old Thirteenth" Regiment, 221;
- his income, 221, 225, 246;
- dinners at the Press Club, 223;
- at the Hamilton Club, 224;
- restlessness, 226;
- mode of life, 226, 329;
- squib on, 228;
- on the result of the flood at Johnstown, 228;
- on the lessons learnt from conflagrations, 231;
- appeal for funds, 232;
- consecration of the ground, 234;
- his visit to the Holy Land, 235;
- attack of influenza, 236;
- visit to Mr. Gladstone, 236-241;
- ovation on his return home, 241;
- on the revision of Creeds, 244;
- lays the corner stone, 245;
- editor of periodicals, 245, 398;
- critics, 246;
- shaves his whiskers, 248;
- on the Higher Criticism of the Bible, 253;
- preaching tours in England, 258, 267;
- views on dreaming, 258;
- sermons in the City Temple, 259;
- at Nottingham, 260;
- at the Mansion House, 260, 361;
- visits John Ruskin, 261;
- reception in Russia, 263;
- audience of the Czar Alexander, 263-266;
- donation of his salary, 269;
- resignation, 270, 293, 333;
- voyages across the ocean, 275, 346;
- visit to Governor Blackburn, 275-279;
- meeting with Senator Beck, 276;
- presentation of a gold tea-service, 280;
- 25th anniversary of his pastorate, 280-283;
- his speech, 282;
- messages of congratulation, 284;
- journey round the world, 288;
- "The Earth Girdled," 289;
- his views on panics, 290-293;
- accepts the call to Washington, 294-296;
- installed, 297;
- reception at the White House, 297;
- intercourse with Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, 300-306;
- interview with Major McKinley, 307;
- his characteristics, 312, 315, 317, 343, 402-406;
- magnetic influence, 313;
- third marriage, 314;
- cheerfulness, 315, 324;
- mode of travelling, 315;
- his lectures, 316, 348, 396;
- love of flowers, 318;
- in Yellowstone Park, 320;
- lecture on International Policies, 322;
- his sense of duty, 323;
- methodical habits, 329;
- friendship with President McKinley, 330;
- publication of his sermons, 334, 398;
- his dinner parties, 337;
- at Due West, 338;
- love of music, 344;
- views on the Boer War, 347;
- visits Newstead Abbey, 349;
- Haddon Hall, 352;
- Chatsworth, 353;
- Scotland, 355-357;
- Hawarden, 357;
- "The American Spurgeon," 358;
- his power as an orator, 358;
- interview with Florence Nightingale, 360;
- at Copenhagen, 363;
- received by the Crown Prince of Denmark, 364;
- ascends North Cape, 366;
- preaches in Stockholm, 367;
- at St. Petersburg, 368;
- received by the Czar Nicholas, 371;
- the Dowager Empress, 372;
- at Berlin, 374;
- his impressions of the Passion Play, 375-388;
- at Baden-baden, 388;
- preaches in John Wesley's Chapel, 388;
- in Ireland, 391;
- return to America, 391;
- his vigour and enthusiasm for his work, 393;
- welcome at Brooklyn, 397;
- style of his writings, 399;
- personal mail, 399;
- simple tastes, 400;
- libraries, 401;
- reverence for the Bible, 401;
- sense of humour, 403;
- will power, 403;
- perseverance, 403-405;
- eulogy on Queen Victoria, 406;
- inaugurates Revival meetings, 407;
- his last sermon, 410-412;
- in a railway accident, 414;
- in Mexico, 416;
- audience with President Diaz, 417;
- his illness, 417-420;
- journey home, 418;
- death, 420;
- funeral service, 421;
- burial, 422;
- tributes to, 422;
- his "Celestial Dream," 423.
- Tappen, Arthur, 56.
- Tariff Reform question, 128, 255;
- protective, 200.
- Taylor, Alfred, 179.
- Taylor, Bayard, his career, 90;
- Taylor, Rev. Dr. Benjamin C., 25.
- Taylor, Robert, 179.
- Taylor, Dr. William M., amount of his salary, 247.
- Taylor, Zachary, 114.
- Tenney, Judge, 94.
- Tennyson, Lord, 156.
- Terhune, Rev. E.P., 241.
- Thomas, Capt., heroism of, 134.
- Thomasville, 414;
- accident at, 414.
- Thompson, Dr. C.C., amount of his salary, 247.
- Thompson, Rev. Charles L., 283.
- Thompson, Mr., Secretary of the Navy, 404.
- Thurber, Frank B., private secretary to President Cleveland, 224, 303, 305.
- Tierney, Judge, 133.
- Tolstoi, Count, 263.
- Tracey, General, 133, 283.
- Trenton, intemperance, 45;
- bribery, 46.
- Tröndhjem, 365.
- Tucker, Dr. Harrison A., 233.
- Turkey, defeated by Russia, 77.
- Tyler, Mrs., her pension, 145.
- Tyng, Rev. Stephen H., 62;
- his sufferings from insomnia, 62.
- "Uncle John's Place," 9.
- United States, the Civil War, 38;
- result, 42, 74;
- intemperance, 44;
- bribery, 45, 165-167;
- salaries of ministers, 63;
- spread of communism, 83;
- fever for spending money, 83;
- predictions of disaster in 1878, 88;
- legislative effort to exclude the Chinese, 90;
- commercial frauds, 93;
- pacification of North and South, 113;
- purchase of grain, 103;
- surplus for export, 103;
- blockade, 103;
- republican candidates for the Presidency, 104;
- quality of the new Senators, 109;
- interference in foreign affairs, 117;
- celebration of centennials, 124;
- adulteration of food, 131;
- number of elopements, 137;
- problem of the poor, 143;
- practice of betting, 147;
- demands of Society, 169-171;
- the working people, 171;
- number of weddings, 176;
- sports, 177;
- mania for rebuilding, 178;
- fashions, 183;
- slaughter of birds, 184;
- system of taxation, 197;
- of lies, 197;
- war with Spain, 320.
- Unrequited services, sermon on, 356, 359.
- Van Buren, cartoons of, 175.
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, his will, 73, 161;
- Vanderbilt, Mrs., her remedy against sea-sickness, 347.
- Van Dyke, Rev. Dr. Henry 51, 413.
- Van Nest, John, 10.
- Van Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs., 30.
- Van Vranken, Rev. Dr., 18.
- Vicksburg, victory at, 38.
- Victoria, Queen, character of her reign, 78;
- Vienna, 375.
- Villard, Henry, 126.
- Vinton, Rev. Dr., 187.
- Volapük, the study of, 205.
- Vredenburgh, John, 17.
- Wadsworth, Rev. Charles, 48.
- Wales, Prince of, at Chatsworth, 354.
- Walker, Dr. Mary, her appearance, 331.
- Wall Street, failure of 1884, 134.
- Wallace, William Copeland, 224.
- Walsh, Senator, 283.
- Ward, Ferdinand, 134.
- Ward, Dr. Samuel, 19, 30.
- Warner, B.H., 335.
- Wars, number of, in 1885, 146;
- Warsaw, 374.
- Washington, intemperance, 45;
- Washington, George, 173;
- his burial, 8.
- Watterson, Henry, 255.
- Webb, James Watson, 131.
- Webster, Daniel, 86, 104;
- Webster, Lily, her baptism, 26.
- Webster, Noah, his dictionary, 76, 107.
- Weed, Thurlow, 131.
- Wesley, John, 52;
- caricatures of, 53.
- Westminster Hall, dynamite outrage, 142.
- Wheeler, General, 336.
- White, Chief Justice, 208.
- White, Doc, 224.
- White, Henry Kirke, 258.
- White, Mr., 361.
- Whitefield, George, caricature of his preaching, 52.
- Whitney, ex-Mayor, 241.
- Whittemore, Miss Susan C., her marriage, 50 note.
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 251;
- poem, 252.
- Wilber, Mark D., 241.
- Wilder, Marshall P., 346.
- Williams, General and Mrs., 261.
- Williams, William B., 224.
- Wills, number of disputes over, 142.
- Wilson, Henry, his death, 188.
- Windom, Secretary, 113.
- Winslow, Hon. John, 224, 281.
- Wisconsin, 409.
- Witherspoon, Dr., advice from, 154.
- Wolfe, Miss, 55;
- her bequest to the Church, 194.
- Wood Green Wesleyan Church, dedication of, 390.
- Wood, John, 233, 269.
- Woodford, Gen. Stewart L., 133, 224.
- Woodruff, T.L., 224.
- Woodward, Mr., 157.
- World's Fair, 195.
- Wrench, Dr., 351, 353.
- Wright, Silas, 102.
- Württemberg, 374.
- Wycoff, Mrs. Clarence, 420.
- Wyndham, Mr., 368.
- Yellow fever, scourge of, 87.
- Yellowstone Park, 320.
- Zanesville, 317.
- Zwink, John, takes part in the Passion Play, 380;
- character of his acting, 381.