HENRY W. QASOY’S LIFE STORY. the tarebr of the Most Brilliant Son •UtaSouth, . - ^ - When Henry W. Grady was a bey be chose hie life's occupation. He i followed his bent with diligence ; und power from the time be left sehool until he died. He, was there ' fore in many.respects a great man. He thought, he worked, he pleaded ,, with pen and tongue os few men oi l. his years have ever been able to do ia this, country. He was broadtnim r ded, enthusiastic eloquent and pa triotic. a He was a wonderful advo , cate whenever he opened his mouth or put his pen to paper. He was so brilliant in all the best powers of brain and heart that he was an in ‘ spiration to the section in which be lived. He knew so much of nation al life that he was a great counsel lor for the South, In all his fiber there was not a narrow cord. * While he loved hie home, and all that belonged to the sunny land in which he lived, with l, a sublime devotion,- he . was broad Chough to handle the problem now being worked out by that section with a frankness that no other wri ■ ,, ter or speaker living in it has at —Aemptect • - - . *« ^ Mr. Grady led a very singular and charming life. He was filled With sentiment. He loved the euphony of language, and few men ever lived in this country who could frame it so well into beautiful pictures.' But . he was more than an orator. He possessed a strong power of .state ment which he could couple With the rhyme and melody of the choic est rhetoric. He chould say much . in. a few words, and yet elaborate «ny idea that heyhad with a wealth - of expression. He had a poetical *; mind, which illuminated pfose rath er than verse. Terse editorial sen tences and beautiful descriptions ■each always at his command. He .knew so much of affairs and of men - that he was trusted by all. - ' The practical North looked to ‘ him more than to any Other man in . the South to speak for that section. His words and his influence took a i d* wider scope than those of any political dignitary in it His infln 1 once was wider and stronger than , that of Congressmen, Senators or Governors, and his career demon strates the wonderful effect of a well trained mind and honest purpose de , voted to journalism. No man north . of Mason and Dixon’s line ever ex l erted a better influence on society f than he who has been laid low in ;. the gladdest and holiest season of all the year. ■ +. Mr. Grady was in love with life, ft The altar of his profession was a sacred pulpit to him. He believed f in the power of his pen, and his won derful gifts of tongue were seconda ry to the mute messenger in black which he guided so skillfully over white paper. His library of thought • expression and action notonly mark ed him as a genius, but made him a benefactor of the broad community which he represented; for Mr. Grady Jived beyond the limits of thft State | of Georgia, and argued for a great «, section with wonderful power. He presented his case at the National altar with the skill of a great advo cate, stating a proposition to learned judges. Yet, he was a born journal ist, ; His first ambition was to write well. While at the University of Georgia he wrote a seWes of letters signed “King Ban," which aitract ; «d attention and marked him as a [ lad of superior mental gifts. | The moment he left school he es I bablished the Daily Commercial alt | Borne, Ga., hot far from Athens, where he was bora and raised. With ' all the pluck, energy and ability he : could put in it, there was nothing ft but failure in store for him, in a alow eld town where people were poor abdihe energies of life sluggish from the cruelties of war. Mr. Grady's ? father was a Colonel in the Confed erate Army, being killed before Pe tersburg. He left some money to bis family, and the son’s share was invested in type* flffSaes and the par aphernalia of a newspaper office.: The venture at Rome did hot las long, and he abandoned it for liberal investment in Atlanta, th city ha energy ■ and example hi done so mnch to build up. Young full of ambition and -brains, h started the Herald, ..having as hi partner Colonel Bob Alston, th brother-in-law of Governor J. B Gordon. Alston was a pushing restless, ambitious man, and the Her IctM naturally became a power in th< community. During all its caree: under Mr. Grady’s management, i wan a thorn in the side of the old conservative Constitution. But thi day came when money ran low, th< resources of Mr. Grady and his par tner were exhausted, and the Her aid passed out of existence. Alstoi was killed by Captain Cox, and Hen ry Grady, broke in fortune, etarte* to begin life anew in 1876, at thi age of twenty-five. He had beei offered a position on the Chronicl at Augusta, aud was just about tak ng the train to begin life as a ser vant when he had been a master., “Accident changes all our lives.' So the old [adage runs! Captaii Evan P. Howell had just bought i controlling interest in the Constitu turn. Hemet Grady on the street and they stopped to chat. Howel asked Grady about his intentions fo: the future. vu, 1 m gqmg to Augusta, I havi got a place up there,” said he. ' “What are you-going to Angus for?” inquired Howell. Because 1 cannot get anything to do here,” said Grady. “There - i *00 work except on the Constitute) and they would not have me there.1 “I think they will,”1 replied How el}.. “I own the controlling -nter e®t» and you neednot,go to August for a place." Before they parted they had madi a bargain, and the two men haw never been separated in interest iron that day until the dark messenger o; death yesterdy struck the faires flower of the Southland. Thi union of strong forces took place ir 1870, and Mr. Grady began on th< Constitution at a salary of $25 i week. Of coarse he succeeded at th< start in the local endeavors of i thriving town. His first experienci in National journalism was" during the dispute between Hayes and Til den over the Southern Electoral vote In this contest Mr. Grady was sen to Florida to represent the Comtitu tiou and the New York Herald. By common consent his work wa regarded as the broadest and faires done upon that topic. It market him as a broad-minded, manlv writ §rt with the truest instincts of i great journalist, and from that da' his career lias mounted step by stej until his fame was as wide as tin nation and his influence command ing throughout the land. He neve held apolitical office. He had high er views of his profession, ant when they proposed to elect hin United States Senator a year age he refused to be tempted frojn hi work that he loved so well into th' uncertainties, disappointments t ant servility of a political life, rf Nothing; could illustrate how clear-headed he was more fully thaE this declination of offiicial posi tion. His commanding place as the writer and spokesman for the sec tion jn which he lived was his ideal. He had the ear of the nation, and men warm with ambition for contro versy upon subjects he most loved to discuss would give heed to his words. There was a subtle power in everything ihat he said and did that was charmig. He believed in his cause; and it waa worthy of his name and feme that his last utter ance should have been delivered in Boston upon the relations of the two races, which is One of the burn ing questions of the hour in the South; While he naturally took the white man's view of the situa tion, he was fair to the black, and has ever taken a bold Wnd against ever) and any assault upon • the negro race." In this os in all other matter coscern t i»g the South, bp has been rv i bold leader and an advocate of the s new South rather than the old. ‘ 0 j Mr. Grady was never a moneyma , ter. No man of his peculiar habits i of thought and action ever was.' i He loved »to weave beautiful j thoughts in his busy bruiu and give them expression, either on paper or in the forum. He was a delightful companion. His Seen wife/ and quaint humor, were constantly brightening his conversation and narrow ideas of life nevef found a place in his composition. He | thought well of mankind] and played^ , the game of life amid flowers. His . home was a paradise, as his mind , was a storehouse of gems, i He never j had an ambition to be. rich, but was . constantly hunting, for borne chance I to improve those around him. , In 188Q, when ' he purchasedL B i fourth interest in the Conxtitution , his life became jeweled with a great . i°y, an(l started on* a pathway . strewn with flowers. His income was ample to save him from any ' financial trouble, and he gave . his ! mind the fullest freedom at' all , times. He wrote a great deal, but al . Ways upon matters tending to tbe elevation of the South, He never [ I®8* opportunity to speak When. . ever he could eulogize the land he loved. No trouble was too great for advocating the Cause of his people* . or of presenting the facts of their remarkable progress, < \ Ever since be began hia^areer^as t a journalist he has taken a liberal ( view of his duty. He has dealt much ' with practical affairs, and whenever . a great event occurred be bore^a big . hand in picturing it to the world, i His prosperity never-made him uh tnindful of the duty he owedto those i, who read his paper, and he would i handle any event worth j of his pow i er, whether it was an editorial', or ■ description of an earthquake. ; This made him popular both in his i sanctum and out of it, and Grady’s i name was upon every one’s -tongue, i Pew men ever1 possessed' so many i and varied gifts, and his place will , not soon }je filled in the land of his' i birth,' There was not an unmanly . element.in his composition. To j him all the world- was glorious in , its actio'tt and in itself, and almost f the last words that he spoke were ; tempered with that’idea. ' * -±' His career should be an example to every American boy. HewaS well i educated, but not overchoked. Very . early in life he began sharpening his [ Temarkable talents by grinding them . on the stone of practical life. He , ton! Captain Howell were well suit . ed to each other for the manage , meut of a newspaper, but they were , entirely unlike in every element of life. The one is a blunt, plain, out spoken soldier whose career in the ; War was filled withr gallant deeds, and since with good works? the qth L just tnat class of man who liyes In a realm of thought, every hour , of which sparkles with gems, i His career has been cut short just! i as it was really beginning. What there was in store for him we can never know; but could he have lived ten yerrs longer, and have advanced as rapidly as he had in the past dec ade, there is no measuring the breadth of his influence upon our national life. 4 When the historian comes to deal with his life, it will not be the gift apd tinsel of official position that he will write s but of the genius in the man,, and his high aspirations for the good of the people in whose cause he met his death. Buckin’* Arnica Salve. TiikBest Salve In the world for Cuts, Bruises,Sores,Ulcers, Salt Khedm Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chiblalns, Corns, and all Skin Erup tlons, and positively cure# Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to five perfect satisfaction or money refunded Price 86 cents per box. For sale by Molvbts Sanford. N. C,., < - - HENRY GRADY’S LAST WORDS. Hit Eloquent Description of a Quiet Country Homo. Mr. Henry W. Grady’s last speech was delivered atfa reception given to him and other gentlemen of the South, by the Bay State Club oi Bostop on the evening' of Decem. her 13. This-was the day after his great] speech before |the Boston Merchants’ Association. +-In the course of his speech before the BaJ State Club, Mr. Grady said: • ~ o j “It seems to me that the great struggle in this country • is a fight against the consolidation of power, i the concentration of capital, the domination of local sovereignty and the dwarfing of individual citizen. Boston is the home on one side oi the Nationalist party, that claims that the remedy of our troubles i to put all our interests under Gov ernmental control. T(je Govern ment thus usurps the functions of the citizen; and, on the other hand, of Democratic doctrine, which says that the citizen is master, and that he is best fitted to carry out the diver sified interests of the country. It is the pride, I believe of the South that her simple and sturdy, faith, the homogeneous nature of her people, elevates her citizens above party and above evmything. We teach man that his best guide is the conscious ness of his sovereign tv. and that his strong arm and stout heart are .the best evidences that he can give to bis State that he is able to do for himself. That he may not ask the National Government for anything thei State ean do for him, and not ask anything of the State that he can do for himself. That he should stand up and be respectable, loyal tr the Republic, earnest to his allegi ance, builingat last big altar above his own hearthstone, shrining his own liberty in his own heart. [Ap plause.] What I have spohen j should not have been afraid to speak last night and yet it is mighty good Democratic doctrine. I was in Wash ington the other day and I stood on Capitol Hill, and my heart beat quick as I saw th$ totoering marble buildings of my country’s govern ment. A mist gathered before my eyes as l thought of the tremendous significance. There were the build ings of the Treasury, the Courts and Judges, of the President and Congress, and, as I thought of .what gathered there, I felt the sun in all its coarse couldnotlook down on a grander sight than i tie domestic home of the Republic—a Republic that has taught the world its best lessons of liberty and patriotism. While there another vision came to rue of a modest quiet country home. Tt was just a simple, uqpreten tious house, set about with great big trees, encircled in meadow -rich With the promises of harvest. The fra grance of the pink and hollyhock in the front yard was mingled with the aroma of the orchards and of the gardens, and resonant with the cluck of boultry and hum of bees. Inside was quiet, cieanliness, thrift and comfort. There was the old clock that had welcomed in steady meas ure every newcomer to the family, that had ticked the solemn requi ring of the dead, and had kept compa ny will the waether at the bedside. There were the big, restful beds and the old open fireplace and the old family Bible, thumbed with the Au gers of hand long since still, and stained witl! the tears of eyes long siuje closed, holding the simple an nals of the family aud of the heart and conscience of the home. Out side there stood my friend the mas ter, a simple, upright, independent man, with no mortgage on his roof, no lien on his crops, master of his land and master of himself. There was his old father, an aged, tremb ling man, but happy in the heart and home of his son. And as they started to their home the hands of the old man went down on the young man’s shoulder, laying tjiere the unspeakable blessing of the; honorable and grateful father and enoblim* it with the knighthood of the fifth commandment. And as . they got to the door the old mother came with the snnset falling fair on her Jace and lighting'up ber deep pa tient eyes, while with lips trembling with the rich music of her -heart' she bade her husband and her son welcome to their home. Beyond was the housewife, busy with her household cares, clean of heart • and eongcienoe, Jim ^buckler And jirfjS meet of her. husband. Down the lane came the children, trooping home after the cows, seeking, as tru ant birds do, the quiet of their home nest. And I saw the night come down on that house, falling gently as from the wings of the unseen dove. And the old man, while a atortled bird called front the forest, and the trees were shrill with the cricket's cry and the stars were swarming in the sky, got the family around him, and taking the old Bi ble from the table, called them to their knees, the little baby hiding in the folds of its • mothers -dress, while he closed the record of that simple day by calling down -God’s benediction on that family, and that home.Ti My gkae faded from that marble Capitol; forgotten were its treasures and magesty, and I said: Here in the homes of the people were lodged the strength and respon gibily of th» Government—the se curity and promise of this Republic. My friends, that is democracy, and ill the South we are preaching, that doctrine, and we aim to make oui homes self respecting and indepen dent. We try to make them tem ples of refinement, knowledge and of liberty, in whieh our sons may learn that no power can justify the surrender of the slightest right of a free and independent American cit izen: Yon do not know how" we Democrats live. You cannot tell how we live from reports you hear, but we have had a very hard time since the war. I remember the sto ry they tell of a poor old fellow who was buried down there. They cut his grave right out of marble in a quarry, yet they had to send to Ver mont for the little tombstone. He was buried near a woods, yet his coffin was brought from Cincinnati and his coat from New York, al though right about him was the best sheep-raising country in the world. The nails in the coffin were brought from Pennsylvania, al though an iron mine was near by in fact, the South did not contribute anything but the corpse and hole in the ground, leaving him nothing to carry to the next world but the chill blood in his veins and the marrow in his bones. [Laughter.] But we have improved sidee then, aud now have got the biggest marble quarry in the country, located right on that spot, and within 100 yards we have an iron mine* and as the speaker said last highl, we are coming to tak'^’oiir Yevengo upon you by inva ding you with our iron, as you did us twentv-uine years.ago. ; A tot of Interesting Supreme Court — Trill v Decisions. T V 5' " " Raleigh Newt and Observer. State vs. Anderson.—A father having'hired his son, a minor, to the prosecutor for a definite time, before the expiration of the time or dered hisson to quit wort, which he did. Held, That The Cod", section 3 110, 3180, forbidding any person from cuticing away any servant who shall have con talc ted to serve an employer, does not apply; -first, be. cause the minor has been hired out % his father and had not contract ed himself; and second because the father had not enticed the servant away, but had exercised the right of a father and ordered him awy. The statute was mode to protect employers against sinister and offi coui intermeddling—and Sot to a case of this character. Alsop vs. Southern Express Com pany.—The express agent ate Wel don, id pursuance of regulations prescribed by his company, refused of money tuader eA after the train had left for * that' day. Plaintiff sued' for the penalty allowed by section - 10C4 of The Code. iU v Avery J. filled the bpihion of the court: :'■$* The statute, embraces- express companies. While business must be transacted in reasonable hours, the regulations of the express com pany forbidding ah agent to re ceive money packages except on the day they are to be sent away, is un reasonable. -* Under the statute goods are to be received whenever tendered at reas onable hours. S Clark J. filled a concurring opin ion. ___'_ _ Merrimon C. J. filled a dissenting opinion. .. . _ , „ ... .. .. State vs. Wilson.-—Drunkenness and mere drunken excitement and rage constitute no excuse for crime. The eourt should never give in structions based upon a statement of facts not presented by some reason able view of the evidence. . State vs. Panky.—When a person forms a definite purpose to kill and in pursuance' thereof procures a weapon and slays the deceased ayd kills him, it is murder, no matter what the deceased was doing at the time |he was killed. * ■ VUV the first year of jthe Republican party’s return to power. Yet in the first raesssage of its President to Con gress we find a steady drift' toward centralization, an earnest appeal tot ^ rushing federal goyernnient farther than ever before into the province of State sovereignty. President Harrison recommends— First—The enactment of a federal M law.for the protection of all federal officers and the trial of all such cases in the courts of the United States^ Second—Prohibitory and penal legislation against trusts. Third—Transferring all naturili zation matters from State to Feder al courts. Fourth—-A statute regulating the constitution and equipment of ail wav cars. \ Fifth—National said to aid educa tion—-the notorious Blair scheme. ■ Sixth—Federal control of elections. Seventh—Legislation to secure civil rights to colored citizens. These matters are now and alwavs haw been left to the States. With regard to' some of them the power of Congress is doubtful, and as to : others it is bore than doubtfnl. Whether that; body has any author ity to oust the States from their * Jurisdictions brer assaults by or against federal officers is a ' vitally inportant question now awaiting decision by thq Supreme Court in the Nagle case. \ As to trusts, it is - Z difficult to conceive of any practic able measure not connected with in- - ~ terstate traffiic Congress can enact 4s; which the Supreme Court would al low to stand. Tin! Blair scheme is a piece of paternalism which if consti- ; bntimml (innlil s«rva rm Wfar »»». posc than to reduce the surplus. No ioubt Congress has power to epact a proper federal election law, but a statute which would virtually take the whole matter out of the hands of the State authorities would be a flagrant abuse of that power. As to the civil rights of colored ntizens, both Mr. Hamson and the Republican party seem to be labor ng under a delusion i£ they think mat protection is to come tfom Con gress. These rights are guaranteed jy the fourteenth amendment rbiit simply prohibits the States rom denying or abridging the •Ights. It does not empower Con gress to protect them primarily or »y direct legislation. A Republi :an Congress attempted to exercise bat power once. Hut the United States Supreme Court beld that the .ower belonged to the States, not to longrrsss. Should the Republican party in /ongress heed the appeals of its ’resident and enact tne measures » ecommePded, most of them would loubtlesslw- condemned by the 8u ireme Court os unconstitutional, lud they would be condemned on he ground of an unwarranted exer iso of centralized power, and in a«ou by Cougress of the domain i State sovereignty.