Show bankruptcy is a commercial death from which there is sometimes a resurrection I 1 am inclined however to think that this thib heimbold helmbold affair la 18 accompanied compa nied by no such hope helmbold in other words is effectually killed billed I 1 do not mention this as news but butt imply to make a few comments As the old song goes while lie he lived he lived in clover and when he be died he died all over they say that saven is a mysterious number and helmboldt Helm heim bolds career in this thib city lasted just seven years in 1865 the year that lincoln was slain he commenced his bis broadway broad way drug establishment he had bad a little money which he brought from philadelphia and he made a dash with it meeting remarkable success mot mos anos nos arums seem to be short lived helm bolds preparations took well at first and he made enormous profits in 1868 1863 he reported an income of more than and this was even increased in the great presidential campaign of 1868 he determined to exceed all partisans in liberality A T stewart gave to the republican fund and helmbold to out herod herod gave to aid the election of seymour no doubt he would be glad just now low to handle that sum again success makes most men delirious ind helmbold heimbold was no exception it w wan was miu mia remark of peter 0 brooks the boston millionaire I 1 in n reference to his prosperity we made money fast enough to have turned most moet mens heads and edward everett Everet fc commented on this as a striking peculiarity in brooks that it did not turn his bis head but helmbold heimbold was bewildered by success he spent enormous sums in a wasteful manner his dashing turnout turn lutat out at long banch excited the envy and admiration of fashion wor shippers ship pera and in the central park his equipage also commanded attention his pin and his luxurious life were the witnesses of a weak vanity and pride of purse the tide of prosperity like all other tides had bad its limit and then came the ebb for this he was not prepared and bankruptcy followed some months ago I 1 saw his shattered battered r and exhausted countenance 4 and his frail form standing in the porch of what once was his palace of pharmacy he looked dazed and dreamy like one who hardly woke to the real reality now he is in europe seeking restora tion of health it is more mure ahle ahie that he will return in hid hia coffin I 1 I 1 have seen this thing repealed more mo re than once onee I 1 rf rc remember member the patent medicine oom Com 11 and their grand equipage who after their failure were in due time followed by sarsaparilla townsend Towne hid fid who made a great fortune and then likewise came out poor now we have to point poin a moral and adorn a tale As for townsend his bis profits on sarsaparilla enabled him to build a palace in the fifth avenue and after his hla failure it was wab purchased by stewart Bt ewart who pulled it down in order to make room for his bla palace Thu atHe lie ile butterflies of success come and go while the moral of the SC scene seene ene Is t h a 0 gathered by ex I 1 |