The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-04

! W
arc Just now indulging in speculations
touching the wealth of Dr.. Helmboll, the
well.known 'NsSW York druggist and bis
income isput down atl various amounts,
ranging from $4,000 to 100000 per
annum, which, judging from. the lmmen.
sity Of Ills business, his princcly style OF
living, and tho enormous sums he dis
burses nnnuallyl for advertising, seems
hardly above tic mark. There arc few
men whose lives furnish more striking
illustration of what energy, judgment and
prObity IN business matters can accom-.
plish, than DR.. HelmhOld.- Commencing
life young man with but limited means,
and having, in the business in which he
embarked, a great many Obstacles TO over
Coma aud pfejudiccs to encounter, he has,
by strict application, honorable, straight
forward dealing, and the judicious cxcr-
else d, that sound Judgment which has
cyercharastGffiE III lis undertakings dis
tan6GaSall COMB e6tos fnahC rNce GdriNne
and fortune, and stands to-day the posses.
sor Of q princely income, md esteemed
md respected by all whG know himss IT
there b6son0 thing ah0E4 than 'ap0tler for
which Br Helm6olA deserves credit, 4 is
the fact that, he Is wholly and solely the
architect Of his own fortune. The great
proprietary medicines with which his
nanie Is jidenttfied, had, ~ s true,
sterling merit to recommend them
and when their worth became
known, would, under any circumstances,
have commanded 4 large saleT; but the
Doctor was the first TO discover the real
value Of their properties, The ctfrst to IN
troducc them to public notice, and the
only one who could have given them the
notoriety and secured 10 them tho Inn
meusc sale which they now enjoy, lie
knew he had G"good thing" and that It
was only necessary to get his medicines
Iairly before the public to create for them
such demand as was never known for
proprietary medicines before. To accom-
pllsf this he spared neither labor nor OK.
pense-his advertising bills alone amount
inE 10 thousands upon thousands Of dol.
Iiofs annuAlly-dndl tho result Is seen in
the magnitude of the business which he
has built up, and the possession Of for
tune sufficiently ample to crafty his most
extravagant. desires. Tho Doctor Is ono
those mon who; while they never neglect
their business, still know how to enjoy
life, such as only liberal, generous and &C.
ntaig6ntlomei' canemoyit. He owns tho
finest drug establishment In New York
an establishment 20 tastclully arranged,
md fitted up with so much elegance and
liberality, TINT nc. stranger having an eye
for the beautiful, who visits the city,
should fail to SEQ it His town house Is a
model OF elegance and good taste, and Is
furnished In style Of princely magniti'
ccnce, while ut Long Brunch lie has cot
l.tagO which, during. the season. Il, the resort
Of many Of the most wealthy anti fasllionA'
bleOft tic habituCs Of that favortte watering
place. His turn on" splendid affair
K one OF the finest Of the many rIcll
eqlipages which eppearsin Genital Park
and last summer Ut tic Branch it-WaS
considered one Of the most elegant and ut
tractivc there-an opinion held by no lesE
an authority than General Grant himself
who was grUat Ndmirer Of the Doctors
e0uippage, 0nd more than once comDli
mcntcd him OH disappearance. The Doc
tor, ID short nGEer!docs things by halves
ESec6nd place." never satisfies him. AZ II
I business SO II Is with him in everything
else. uHC:mWt be Rt the stop OF the heap
or no where, and at tho top you generally
find him. The Doctor Is about thirty
eight years Of agc, Is happily married to !
most accomplished lady, has three bcauti
Nil children, and ip all his domestic Eela
Cons las beeA exceedingly ibftunatq arE
happy, I'D 81 man Of great activity ant
energy, quick in comprehension, pr0mp
in action, elegant In dress, pleasant In hi
manner, and altogether most agreeable
gentleman 't6 talE to. He,,ir short, pdS
sGsscs in himself all the elements Of sue
fecss and popularity, and no one who In!
ever sean 9 br sCohveESe1 with him, cal
wonder that lie has achieved both IN ii
eminent degree. ....