Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-09-16
,,sln,bol.i'. last Advertisement.

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mi. assasT il besaas hsasshsli wsEi,
.Hi fams AHi great PTsh' sA1s 'hsFsey,
sai il xss kaswa Ani nash TALKED 81
.ihal the happy llslE,holi sa'a 3'll'eA.irs'
lie nsarishsl At The sTaHi places Of sa'a-
msr retreat, At AsSPoTi, At sarslesa' 81
Long branch, whsFs 10 hsi hi; se''sss
sai kspi his carriage "i'A siI hsEss' aai
liysrsl feoimAA. lie wAs The hiaE
% sheliy, GRAFT -As bat . ''s@al
ps,.is' soRpsrsi TO lislAholi. -Asa be
rels forth in all Lis glory The rsieae''
able Col. fisks alone was bis Is@Ps'l'er
AAi rival,
Bu, of late, rumors hal goae forth Of
financial smhaTrassmsAt in the oa'sPFeAi,
continental business Of the mighty Drug
gist. Il was whispered ihs. failure aud
bankruptcy we're near At hand. No'~i'h'
standing the Thousands sPsh', Geariy Tor
advertising, aud the multiplied thousands
hat come In thereby, the thousands sunk
ln extravaganza and folly were still great
or, aud the books showed $ fearful bal
snee Of loss. Something must be done aud
,hs, TOO quickly. The great llslmbOld Was
s,ual 10 the occasion, A new scheme IN
,he Way ot advertising must be in'en'
led; his fortune had been made In this way
il must 10 reeuperaiei aud preserved In
like manner. One eyentful dag. tho mon
arch o. Buehu. arrayed in his fines, shooting
sppatei Of costly velvet, With his double
barrel gun, wa. driven on. BY bis faithful
colored jehu 20 the ast fields ,rhieh adjoin
the imperial residence Of Long ,NTsnoh.
Aiishting from his fashionable dos-ear',
he walked forth a ,cqn'idersble distance
,hsrefrom, placed III, but pf the foviins
piece on the ground, spilled the murIle TO
his ample forehead-not fIactiy-snd
pulled OF the trigger with hcpatent leath.
or toe Of his boot. Staggering he fell, and,
fallen, was picked up by the frightened
servant and conveyed TO his luxurious SCOT
t.ue by the sea-" Forthwith was II tel
egrsphed to New York and from thence
over the broad Union and beyond the ocean
thnt the great IIelmbold had attempted
suicide. Profound was the sensation ere-
ntcd. The death Of Grant from the bite OF
one Of Us mad pointers would have oeeh
nothing IN comparison. Newspaper mon
were overcome with grief, and sleep, that
night, was = stranger 10 their eyei'ds'
What could he Press do without ielmooiu'
How could lie printers make both ends
meet at tho olSsc OF the year without his
adver,iscmcnS?. Great was the conster-
nation II 10 rev York evening papers con-
taincd the sad event and the question OF
the life or death of !Iembold was left in
doubt. But the neS, morning brought re-
lief The early papSrs gave 'Re glad news
that 1t was an accident to which every val
liant Nimrod WAS liatle1:kNGt Y was no
attempt at self Obstruction :. Sl!-ail, Was,
in fact, An attempt a. self Reservation
and very ingenious one too, esS,ting little
or nothing, only small! charge, Of gun
powder, enough to blnckcn the pcpdefous
brain-pan OF the illustrioss shoddy., 1t
was the crowning advertisement Of his life,
and will prove the safety Of his business
and fortune, in which every typo feels an
absorbing interest as being partly con-
tributod by himself. Long live llelmbold
but let him pay, as usual, for his next ad'
vertiscment.