Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1875 — Irob and Hardware. [ARTICLE]

Irob and Hardware.

[From Chicago Tribune of March 20.] Iron and hardware in the endless divisions and subdivisions of merchandise Included in the terms constitute a great feature of commerce in every manufacturing or mercantile district, and in Chicago the business of this department has come to reach high figure* A visit to almost any one of the several large houses reveals a general condition of active preparation for a busy season. S.D.Kimbark, successor to the firm of Kimbark Bros. A Co., who is perhaps most widely and generally related to the iron and heavy hardware trade, and who is regarded as a general Western authority in matters and statistics pertaining to that interest, when interviewed by a Tribune representative yesterday, candidly referred to the depression in the outside manufacturing industry as the most conspicuous feature in the records of the year, but reasoned in a way to apply effects on a national rather than local scale. The business of the great house on Michigan avenue of which Mr. Kimbark is the head, dating back a quarter of a century, entering somewhat largely into the history of the commerce of the city, has attained a stability and uniformity by simple magnitude which would naturally prevent its being affected to any noticeable degree by the ordinary vicissitudes of the market* ItTs claimed that to the operations of tills house is due the acquisition of considerable of the original territory of trade now constituting the common ground of the commerce of Chicago, including the Salt Lake district, and.remoter fields to the West and South which were traversed by its agents, and made accessory to the business of the city, long before aay buffalo, or Indian, or other native of these fertile bnt unchristian lands had ever been scared by the whistle of a locomotive. And when it is remembered that for twenty years the house has constituted a sort of steady center of distribution of iron and hardware supplies for manufacturers, wagon-makers, blacksmiths and merchants throughout the entire dominion of Western commerce, with 3,000 permanent names on the books of the firm, and sales aggregating as high as $2,000,000 a year, it Is reasonable to suppose that it would require something more than the temporary depression in the manufacturing industry to perceptibly affect the uniform volume and course of business. The establishment itself is one of the mercantile curiosities and solid attractions of the city—a center of very great interest to intelligent visitors generally as well as to a special community of mechanics, manufacturers and dealers—and may be properly designated as a perpetual industrial exposition of iron, steel, nails, Carriage and heavy hardware, blacksmiths’ outfits and wagon wood material, each classified department and every broad floor of the lofty building affording a display in enormous bulk more, calculated to surprise and interest the imagination Of a wagon-maker, iron mechanic or dealer than a world's fair. Nil Desperandum.—A real healthy man or woman is a rarity; and what wonder? when we that it is the custom to overload MM stomach, and then produce chronic disease by the use of spirituous liquors, “ Tonics,” “ Appetizers,” “ Restoratives,” etc. Having first produced disease by indiscretion, the victim wonders why “ nothing does him good.” Just so; and the reason is that they all, or nearly all, find a basis in alcohol —or poison. To all thus discouraged we can conscientiously say, “ make one more trial.” Discard spirituous medicines, and give nature a chance, aiding her in her struggle by using one of her own pure and unadulterated herb remedies, in the shape of Vinegar Bitters. The discoverer, Dr. J. Walker, of California, is no pretender, but an honorable practicing physician, and his discovery is the result of years of labor and study. The wonderful cures effected by them of Dyspepsia, Fevers, Rheumatism and many other terrible diseases are almost incredible. 28 Abe You Aware that the Pbomonitobies op Consumption are Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Pains in the Side and Chest, Difficulties of Breathing, etc.? If you permit these symptoms to run on tubercles will be the result, and end in Consumption. Now, if you want to cure these diseases, use Allen’s Lung Balsam without delay. For sale by all Medicine Dealers. Mobe than fifty years have elapsed since Johnson's Anodyne Liniment was first invented, during which time hundreds of thousands have been benefited by its use. Probably no article ever became so universally popular with all classes as Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. ■* Fills which contain antimony, quinine and calomel should be avoided, as severe, griDing pains would be their only result. The safest, surest end best pills are Parsons' Purgative or Anti-BUiousPills. Electricity is Life. —All nervous disorders, chronic diseases of the chest, head, liver, stomach, kidneys and bloed, aches and pains, nervous and general debility, etc., quickly cured after drugs fail by wearing Volta’s Electro Belts and Bands. Valuable book free, by Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Chicago papers are full of wonderful cures performed by using Glen Flora Mineral Water. Address R. H. Parks, Waukegan, 111. All hotels and pickle houses use Pressing's White Wine Vinegar. Ask your grocers for it. The best Elastic Truss, warranted the best, is Pomeroy’s, 744 Broadway, N. Y. Get it. Burnett’s Coooainb is the best and cheapest hair dressing in the world. The Northwestern Horse Nail Co.’s * Finished ” Nail is the best in the world.