Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-12
THE WICHITA DAILY EAGLE WICHITA KANSAS

on his fine open face when handed him e
for the two first poems he ever wrote
Surely, said be, you are not going to pa,
me for themi Why, this is the first money
ever earnedr
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
What did l pay Poei gave him $500 &
year, which in those days was considered
very liberal He was with me as editor FOL
about eighteen months, and for three OIL
four years l knew him intimately Litera
ture with him was religion, and be, its higt
priest, with whip Of scorpions scourged TIT
money-changers from the temple. In al
else he had the docility and kindness Of q
child Sitting near him for over a year
constantly writing near and conversing with
him, l knew all his hopes, his fears a. little
annoyances OF life, yet he was always the
p1listed gentleman, and the quiet, unobtru
sive, thoughtful scholar, the soul Of honor
in all his transactions This, of course, was
in his better days He was the first reviewer
of his day. He was very severe and toe
caustic, fault5 which, however, helped the
magazine. Poe used to write from five tc
seven pages every month. One of his serials,
first published in the magazine, was the
weird narrative entitled Murders in the
Rue Morgue,n which created great sensa-
ton in France. Associated with Poe on the
magazine was Mr.. C. J. Peterson, for
grossly insulting whom was obliged TO dis
charge Poe.
L0NGFELLOw AND BRYANT.
TO Fenimore Cooper | gave l,sO0 for
his Islet Of the Gulf Two of my best in.
vestments were Longfellow and Bryant.
Their writings made subscribers for the
magazine by the thousand Mrs. Stephens
Melinda Gray was also great card Ex-
cept for the Spanish Student | never paid
Longfellow more than $50 for a poem. that
being the sum | paid him for The Village
Blacksmith, which became SO popular in
England that mass of Englishmen believed
II was written by an English poet and first
published IN England. From lsi2 TO lSiS
my subscription list never ran below 81. 900,
and sometimes il was a. high as So. 600
Men were astoni-hed at nv success. One
day a friend came in and said: Graham,
put your hand on that table What forf
askei Why, because everything you
touch turns % gold was his reply.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
y WIFE now on the high tide OF prosperity
4 was rich, in fact; had a fine house, horses,
carriages, and loving and amiable wife.
but no children. Fond of speculation and
to make a mark in Journal.
ism, bought the American from Childs &
Fay. This was about the year 1916, think.
In partner hip with the late Morton Nc
Michael AMI Robert NJ. Bird, l purchased
Ths United States Gazette from J. r.
Chan Her, giving him $4,000. We incor-
poratei the two papers named and started
what is now The North American. Too
many irons in the fire proved disastrous for
me. was induced TO go into some copper
mine populations gotten up by rogues and
lost heavily. Neglect of the magazine
caused that to fall away, and in lSiS was
obliged to sell magazine, newspaper, shares
and everything to satisfy my creditors.
After a while l got on my feet again,
bought back the magazine and gave it a
new lease of life. My succuss for time
was moderate, but the glory of Ichaboi had
departed. A renewal Of the old success was
impossible, and after keeping the magazine
for three years | sold it second time. 1t
lied in the hands of Mr.. II. III. See, the pur-
chaser. Tbs reason of its i'll success the
second time was my thoushtlessness in
livul ,ing IL one of the Harpers in an oriin-
iry conversation all my plans for the
future The Harrers jumped in with enorm-
'ns capital, put my plan: into execution,
Inl Graham's Magazine received its death
blow
CONES To new YORK.
ain lSJ3 loft Philadelphia and came to
New York With the remnant of the for
tune | went into Wall street, with the usual
today, disaster tomorrow.
In 1864 | went to live with nephew, the
ate & L. Henry Rockafo!ler. and ten years
nter began to contribute literary reminis-
,ences to a Newark ~. J. paper, subse-
Iueutly taking an editorial! position. This |
Ie!i until three years ago, when my sight
Jegan to fail me and | was forced to quit
work Since then, of course, | have been
Unable to earn my own living, and have
5aen obliged to Subsist ON the generosity of
,ther-. A, You can readily understand, this
: hard fate for Il man who has seen what
nave seen, Keen what | have been, but,
hanks be to God, | was born with a gener-
lily cheerful AMI contentei disposition. and
try to feel As happy as l can"
Indeed. sir said Mr. McDermott, the
nurse" it would be impossible to find a man
more easily pleased and satisfied than Mr.
iraham. He is the best uatured patient
We ever had here. Everybody loves him
The burden of caring for Mr.. Graham was
AIKEN up three years ago by Newark jour
ialist Through the liberality of old Phila-
lelph!a acquaintance Of Mr.. Graham, par
icularly Mr.. G.. ". Childs and Mr. c. J.
'eterson, the simple wants Of the Cd man
nave been provided for. His wife died
many years ago, and, so far as near rela-
ives are concerned, be appears to be ALSO
utely alone in the world, all Of them being
lead He still hopes to regain his sight and
~ able to re ,ume work, but those compe-
ent TO speak express fear that his extreme
ge and feebieneSS are fatal barriers to sue
essful operations for cataracts.