Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-29
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1nm1uo Men Wa IA E1nAAu 49, -
ssn For wrttiag.
fsreciAi carrespcndenceel
NV Yosx. Aug. S.-There are num-
her OF men Who have NO reputation ~
critters who would be able 10 command ~
Almost sny time higher rates for magazine
NJ newspater articles than almost any OF
tho..p iis,erateurs who have gained fame
by reason Of their wri,ingA Mr.. James Il
Esene. who Is we'll known as one Of the
most successful and picturesque Of those
npen who deal in Wall street in New York
eisy. has been many times ASKED to write
,ver his own signature upon any topic
which he chose and TO name his own price,
which weald eheerfuliy be paid As Mr.
Kerne sometimes has found his fortune al-
pr,cia,e as much As $ioo, 90 in single day.
II is easy to see that If he charged for such
service in proportion to his earning calsss'
inv he would receive an almost fabulous
sum for an article from 2,It0 to 5,eoworsis
in length
The only occasion since those early days
of his poverty, when he made his living as
a newspaper writer. that Mr.. keene over
came his Discrimination to write WAS In the
summer Of 1877, just after he had held az
bay an army II Wall street spectators.
having sustained the market single handed
for an entire day. backed by gold which
his California friends sent TO him, and
thereby unquestionably prevented such .
panic as this country has not seen except
!. ing possibly in 1887 and lsi6
The strain upon his nervous system OF
thus n'"i,'ains 'ns .'.'i -.
CON oihe" aSa'ai.' =. 60,
anu sleea,a'ots ""s ~ -. ;,,, ~
Gays ai't. !ut' We, -
Illness when 'n'ea'ehes, 70 u''eop NJ, ~
paralysis Vi .ne pfain' ny "'s> ',,l, y.
Long bfslp'h 90 "s =. "N~' -,
hit MN from ms oT', anu 'aste' a.'e. $50
diihenilS anu 'hiouea 'ne ouiiees " -. -
sam "Ari' Mr. heeiie eonsen'eNt " ",.'"e
an interview Tor puoilca'ioii- Mr' war"
labored Win MN ior ih"ee Yuan W. "o"'
before the great operator eonseii'ed
Az tha' 'ihie Mr' "aiu "fis my '",n n,
his nephew MARION ela" ioiu' anu i.'','
been 81 hishiy pie,'sea win a s'ory "u'e 81
Mr. trawiord toiu ai'n 0, an eNleriehoe ~
lndia that ne ADVISED the so,'hs man W
write 1t out anu that ne wouid see 'hat II
found publisher, ana tnus l. was .ha, 'iie
story wlleh mate Marion era"i"i" va.
nous, Mr. isttss, came 10 oe written anu
printed ana Cfa"tofo career oe'e1iiiih w.
MIR. heene was greatly interested III hf'
! Ward : narration 10 hihi ol TINS Iiie' wn'e''
had not then p.cii prih'ei' auu nc toiu NJ
Ward SOME al the early oah'orhia cape
rienees Oh MS "hieu seeii'e, qui'e as mar ,
Vicious as dld the STORY Oh MI isslies, ana
IL was then that Mr.. "ard SAID To him'
Mr. heehe' IL YOU "eie mo- sio"' spoeu
lator, yuu hiiSht peconie Gf,a' noNeiis''
Mr.. keene hhaily received the repre-
sentative oil one OF the New iofh he"spa'
pers lie lay upon ms oei' Witch wa, III
quiet room oil one oi 'he Long bfaiicn no
tells The room was very siiiipiy iufhiaieu'
and II seemed iiiipussipic 10 peiie'e tht'
the man who lay there content apparently
with The almost hoiipie SURROUNDINGS o'
this 10 by Il room was able II ne chose 10
buy the hotel ana soou ueai OF the a"'
jacent property without materially Affect
ing his poehetbook.
lie began SLOWLY 10 uic'ate-s IL Seeh1"i
! as though he welShed every word lie ne
queutly changed "a word IN order to put III
its place another which would more clearly
express his meaning. When II sentence or
| a paragraph had been written down, Mr..
keene would ask TO have 1t read over, and
when this was done he repeated II seVera.
times, his patience and care being quite
as great as characterized kushln or kus,
sell Lowell when they were engaged IN
prose composition.
Thus for five hours this great hnaneiei
lay there composing and debating this
article. The mental strain was exhaustive
| both upon Mr.. Ward. who was present. and
upon the newspaper reporter Once during
the interview Telegram was brought To
Mr. kceIe from the hotel Office. lie opened
/ it. read it and tossed 1t upon the table with
no more concern than though 1t had an
nouncet "A most trivial matter To him.
This article appeared the following day
in print 1t was the sensational publica-
tion of the month. IL was republlshed
| either IN whole or III part III great mum
Der of newspapers. 1t commanded attei-
ton not only from iinanciers, to whom
every word uttered by Mr.. kcene then aud
since upon financial matters was received
with absorbing interest, but it also made n
deep impression upon literary men on ac-
count uf the singular purity oil Its English
and the lucidity and felicity OF its style.
The editor OF the paper in which the arti
Gle appeared would gladly have sent Mr..