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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1889)
TH E GUARD, ESTABLISilB FOR THE DISSFIIV.TIUN OF DEMu'WIl' rllXClFLES, AND TO K1BN IS BONEmiTlM BV THE SWEAT OF 01 R BROW OL22 EUGENE, ORm SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1881). NO, II, CITY jhf (Jugfttf City fiuard. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.) I U CAMPBELL, lubllIier and Proprietor. OFFICE On the East aide of Willamette street, between Seventh and Eighth Street. TERMS oF SUBSCRIPTION. per annum M M Si M"U; t& lliree ineuths 70 OUR ONLY KA.TK8 oh AvamrnBiNo, Advertisements inserted as follows: (j,ie square, ten linee or lew one insertion Hi eWh subseipient insertion II. Cash natural '!ne advertisere will be charged at the ol- tSssaer .s montlis .5 22 line tor each inaertion. Vlvertlsintr bills will lie rendered quarterly. ll lofa work must lie earn FOB OH DtUVIM. CEO. B. DORMS, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, tVlLL PRACTICE IN THE C HTUT8 of the Second Judicial litrict and ll) J Supreme Court of thin State. Sra-cial attention given to OoUeotkmi and matter in probate L, BLLYEU, -Attorney and Counsellor at Law, - EUGENE CITY, OREUOX. OBACTI08B IN .v L L T HE COUBT8 OF thirt State. Will give special attention to enllectious and proliate nutters. OmCl -Over Hendrick & Eakin's bank. A. 0. WOODCOCK, AttorneyiitLiijr, ill IKMB CITY, - - - OKEiiON UFFIOK -Bombi 7 B McClaien Building. HTSiecial attention given to lNdMtfull nd Probate bftrinaM GEORGE A. DORRIS, Attoj'iiey-at-LaH, BUUBKKCITY, - ' - OUKCuN OmcK-In Register Block. J.J. WALTON, Jr., ATTOHNIOY-AT-LAW EUGENE CITY, OREGON. Vfflhh PBAOTIOK ilj ALL THE 1 Courts of the Stiite. Special attention given tdtSLi! estate, col ecting, and probatfSnMteri' Collecting all kftfB of claims against the United States Government. Office in Walton's brick rooms 7 and 8. Seymour W. Condon, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, -DUNN'S BUILDING, Eugene, - - Oregon. GEO. M. MILLER, Attorney and Ccunsellor-at-Law, and Real Estate Agent. KUGENE CITY, - OUEGON. Ollioe Lane Co. Bank Building A. E. GALLAGHER, Attoriicy-at-Latv. MIGEXB CITY OREGON. Iptoial attention given to Proliate business slid AUtracts of Title. OmcB-Over Lane County Bank. T.W. HARRIS, M.D. Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE Wilkin's Drug Store. lUsideuce on Fifth street, where Dr Slielton "rmerly resided. DRS. PAINE & M DONALD Physicians & Surgeons, EUGENE, OREGON. Speciul attention paid to Surgery and Chrenic diseases. Dr.W.T.McMurtry, Physician, Surgeon and Gynecologist. (20 Years Experience.) Orric-0?er Brownsville Store, Willam ette street. EUGENE, OREGON. DR. J. C. GRAY, DENTIST. OFFICE OVE ORANGE STORE ALL W,trk u.rr.nt. .1 '"aughto gas administered for pn:uhs el teeth. Dr. G. W. Biddle, m DENTIST. PUTK WttRK A SPECIALTY. EX . trading Killing eseruted by the lat V ""proved method. All work ararrente-i; eiperieace. OrnctTitu.' Bloek, r l.u,.-k,v-. .l - for Infants and Children. i ''CowldoehUlrenthat I Caitorta ami (Me. OMkMM, WMI,aasuperiortoanypeeeeTipUoa I Bow 8so.na.-n. l'irrrira, Erucucnm. .aowntome." g , Aacnta, M D I Worms, gives sleep, and xjuiuutaa di- 111 80. Oxford St., Brooklyn, R, T. wJZfilfam meJication. Till OMMM Comuxv, Murray Sree,t, V. Y. flmft?M"?n0USEDmstllUlke 'rtr OakStove as well as when we Servant oh. every bit an well, Ma'am. Si?'0' T!i,"H?l';,"trlvll-. how do you explain It ? how - mntS vol an tn',' 'Jl, Sl'K.vSPS Sfifl c,ose for fear 11 "111 burn. You know lm.u''l, TlS "('h WLW'!Wll,M '" b,'rn on tP herore it is baked gj'.IaSPWggtfM1 " 'Krf,,T"yi.",'"ui, B"y "' humlng, And then In wltii t tt K ! YZi, : i. !'P Mn.li " ?,vc.7 " "dnutcs. U roast, twautltully tirown 4kSiUnS9F.SiTS ".ke ll,e t Rhl ovens do. And you know how crisp the tt w wii I J-m , , ,1 J ft't ' 'i' t0U , "'"" I'ra'Sl'd mi bltedtt, bat If It wasn't for nZ.il I? t .T 1 K""w thev "ouhln't I o near as n ce. I fiopo I'll never have to cook any here again where they havent sot a Charter Oak Stove orlRjmge. STARR, GRIFFIN, & BROWN. SOLE AGENTS FOR EUGENE. NEW GOODS. A FINK ASSORTMENT OF 4BEAUTIFUL DRESS GOODS From the Cheapest to the Best at prices according to quality. A LABOK STOCK OF BOOTS am - From the Cheapest to the Best. All parties can be suited either as to Price or Quality. Our assortment is Complete, from the lowest Price up to the Finest; can suit jou if yon uie US a oall OUKSTOCK IB 3a Free ew and Stylish., Look ua over; if wn do not snv.- you mOMJ, ffl BDtM otic lb 8ll to you low. A FULL LINE (MATLOCK Has just received direct from New York and Chicago, the argest and best stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS Ever brought to Eugene. THIS IS NO IDLE BOAST, But call ami price IWmW th- plc--TI.P New Thr S.or, Willarnetf and Eighth S Brick, -nrii'-r Kuykendall& Payton PlnsiciaiisanU Suris'i'iuis. D... d 6. rWl otn I 1 hmi Ir OES OF GROCERIES F. 15. DUNN , Eug. nf City. Oregon r?te Xmmtkh I Furnished Jp- to, Kv Gio Them a t bailee! That is lo say, your luns: Also all your breathing machinery. Very wonderful machinery it ia. Not only the larger air packages, but the Ihotis.in.u o( little tubes and cititns l.wtliDK Iroiu ihem. When then.' are rloojd and choked with matter which oiibt not to be then-, your luus can not do their work. And what they do, tbey cannot do ..!. Call it cold, . ,.n,, c-Mup, pneumonia, catarrh, oonsumption or auy of the family of throat aud nose aud head and lung obstruct iona, all are bad. All ought to he got rid of. There is just oue sure way to get rid of them. That is to take Boa chee'a Germau Syrup, which auy druggist will sell you at 75 Cents a bottle. EveU if everything else UM failed you, you may da. peml upou this (or oertain. - What It It? That i rodui-ea that Imantifully stilt com pi'Mou and leaves ru traci s if it-i applica tion or injurious tcti? Theailswir, Wis dnrh'rKobertitie Svoiuplialn-a all this, and is pronounml by ladiea of taste aud refine ment to 1m- the moat delightful toilet article evet produced. Warranted bnimhsH and iiKitchless. F. M. Wilkins, ngcut, I-'ugi m City. ADVICE TO MOTHEKs Mrs. Wt.Nat.ow's Sootmixh Svkh l', for ehil ilren teethitn:, is the prescription of one of the beat female muses and physicians in the I'nited States, and litis hern used (or fortv yean with aever failiae; success by millions of mothers for their chilortn. During the pm oeaf of teething its value is incalciilalde. ll relieves the child from aiti, cures ilysnterv and dlafrhnea, TiBhtg in the bowels, and wind colir. llygbiug health t the child it rests the mother. Priw '.'.,c a bottle. Tike Xotiee. Tloil V 1 1, .l.t.iii ill, Ih.m ll,., lr....iit fln, Ml and beat slock of Qt, ciiswsrc, Crockery and Qlaaawari' evi r I might to Eugt ue. Givo mm a c.ill and tie a ill prove it to you. The highest cash price will bo paid for wheat bv F B. Dunn Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of California, so laxative and nutritious, with the medicinal virtues of plant-, known to be most beneficial to the human arstem, forming the ONLY PER FECT REMEDY to act gently yet promptly on the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS AND TO Cleanse the System Effectually, SO THAT PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH Naturally follow. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. Ask your druggist for SYRUP OF FIGS. Manu factured only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., San FaANCiico, Cai. Lodisviilb, Kv. New Yosa, N. V ii AVINIi RECENTLY KE1TITED the Old (irange Store are otb-nng SPECIAL BARGAINS In Dress (roods, Lndies ami Gents I'lider tveai", Hoots, Siloes and all nlpiMflt of DKY GOODS, J. L. PAGE, DEALER IN Groceries TTAVIKO A LABOR AMD I OMPLETK XX tK.-k of Staple and pain y Unxserles, Isiiight in the lst markets EXCLUSIVELY FOB DASH, 1 Can offer the public Is-tter prices than any other house IN EUGENE. Produce of all klails taken at market prii-e. Sportsman's Eporhun. HORN it PAINE, Practical Gunamitlui Dealera in OUN8, KIPLEil, Fiikiig Tirkic tu Miltriili, SeHini,' tliirtini. aaiaat r-llr ul All Klnila 1m Nalr : Kepah-iog done in the nitet styla ami war mmL St.r. m Wl ill? Mki I Johnson, The Case of Irwin. A correspoudeut, signiug himself "Jus ' ti.'e," st uds the following to the Baker City i Democrat of the oth iust : The Oregoniau dispatch from La Oraude relative to the trial of M. Irwiu before the Methodist confer, no , rec, nlly In Id in that oity (or dishouesty, lying, libel, etc., waa slightly in error, lie was convicted of both lying and libel, aud the penalty as stated in the dispatch was a riprimand by the Bishop. It is safe to say that this is the first instance iu u Methodist ecclesiastical court where a mail, couvicled of so gross au offence as lying, which is among the ofleiicis sufiicient, accordiug to the Methodist dis cipline, to "exclude a person (rom the king dom of yrnoo ami glory," and libel, which is puuishalile under the laws ol Oregou by a tine or imprisonment, or both, should be punished by a single reprimand by a bishop ll is a now thing under the suu. I'sually when a chinch member is convicted of such offences he is summarily expelled nu i forth with published to the world as a villaiu doubly damned. Hut it appears that iu cburch circles there are privileged classes. What aill expel a church member from the church will merely subject a Methodist miuister to a reprimand. The world seems to bu running backward. ... " Seattle offered the Portland briok trust f'J per thousand for all the brick on bund aud what it would manufacture this season up to six millions. The Portland trust hesitated to till an order to that txtttit, as it would de prive Poillaud builders of seasonable muter ial to carry out their purposes; and the tiust decided to hold (or Portland uses all re quired biick expected to be put iu construc tion this season, (or which the price should be one dollar less per thousand than were ottered by Seattle. By the way, "brick is brick" at Seattle, as it costs $ per thous aud to deliver brick Irom Portland to that city to which add the tlrst cost ol fs at the kiln, is equal to $11, at which they have al ready contracted for 1,000,000 the present (all (rom Portland, aud are ready to dupli cate the older at a dollar advance. Chiui se who formerly jobbed around Portland (or fl a day, now get from $1.75 lo I 60 per diem at the brick yard. S .' " Los i A purse ooutaining 'i'.'"i in gold coin, la'twccn Eugene and ( heshcr post- olliiv. I'lfll doll.UK lew, nd Bill be paid the tinder, delivering ihe same at the store of Wamlell A- Matlock, Eugene, or at the un dersigned at Chesher. Anoiikw Mt'NSKl.t.. Best of All tough medlclnea, Ayer's Cherry Pec toral is in greater deiiiaml thiiii ever. No preparation for Throat and Lung Trouble s Is so prompt Iu lis effects, so agreeable to the taste, and so widely known, as tins. It Is the (aiiilly medi cine lu thoiisuuds o( households. " I have suffered lor years (rom a bronchial trouble that, whenever I take cold or nm exposed to Im lenient weath er, shows itself by a very annoying tickling sensation in the throat and by difficulty lu breathing. I have tried n great many remedies, hut none does so well us Ayer's Cherry Pectoral which nlwnvs gives prompt relief In returns of my oid complaint." Erm st A. Ilepler, liiopcctor of Public Roads, Purlah Tor re Bonne, Im. " I consider Ayer's Cherry Pectoral a most Important remedy For Home Use. 1 have tested it.i curative iwer, III my family, many times during the post thlrlv years, 'nml have never known It to full It will relieve the moat serious tactions of the throat nml lungs, whether iu children or adults." Mrs. K. (1. Edgerly, Craft il Bluffs, Iowa. "Twenty years ago I was troubled with u disease of the lungs. Doctors afforded me no relief and considered in) i ase Impel, i I then Im gall I" use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, bihI, before I li.nl finished one bottle, found relief. I m. uiiiiucd to take this medicine until a cure was effected I believe that Ayer's Cherry pectoral saved my life." Sumiitd (irlggs, Waiikcgnu, III. "Six vears ago I contracted a severe cold, which sillied on my lungs mid soon developed all Ihe alarming aymit toms of Consumption. I had u cough, night sweats, hi ling ( the lungs, pains iu chest and sides, and uua so prostrated as to Is? confined to my l,,d most o t;- tunc. After trying various prescriptions, without brawl, my physician finally determined to give me Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. 1 took ll. and the effect was magical. I seemed lo rally from the t'rst dose of this iiifdicluc, and, alter using only three i ''!-, am as well and sound as ever." Rodney Johnson, Hpringlield, III. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, rltEl'Altl'Il 11 V Dr, J. C, Ayer It Co., Lowell, Man. lulil bysll Druifl.ta. Price ft; n txUl,ej. Boot & Shoe Store A. HUNT. Prop. Will htreafter keep a complete stock of Ladiea' Mianea' and Children's SIIOK.S. BUTTON BOOTH, Slippers, White and Block Sandals, FINE KID HOES, MEN'S AND BOY'S BOOTS & SHOES And in fact everything ill the Boot and Shoe line, to which I intend to devote my eepei isl attention. -MY GOODS ABE FIRST CLASH. And guaranles") a repiwnt!. and will Im sold lor the lowest priuM that a go"d article ran lat affordesL A. HUNT 0. Marx. Barbbi Shop and Bath Rooms: Hot and cold hatha alwaya ready daring the week. 1 First door north of Dunn's new bloek. IIAKH IT IIOI.LAIIAY. The Fertility of Hen's Mnooree W hen Cash or Credit was Needed. Portland Welcome. Bon Holladay was futile in resources when it la hooved him to have cash, aud many I Were the subterfuges icsorted to by him lor ' purposes of wind raisiug. The story ol how ' he asked Sol. Abr.ih tin-, of Ko-eburg, to u diuiier consisting of scrambKd eggs, lea and 1 bread and butler, and theu with tears iu his eyes, on account of his appareut jajverly, tapped him (or :: n, suhseipu-ntly having ! his regular tine dinner served, is a "cheat- nut," bnt it is not generally kuowu that when the collector called with n big bill from the Western I'uion Telegraph Coni panj, (for Ben having once laeu dead head id by that curiKiralioli, uoul.ln't t over his eitravagaut piaetiee of -.ending all his Utters by electricity) he v-nt 'or Mr. Oehle, and asked him to go out ami see if he could raise $J."i0 for him i n Ins fiiuioiis S'.'.oiiii merald, worn as a ring, with which to sipiaru the ac count. Mr Oehlc returned with Ihe bauble aud (omul lieu bv no means in the depths o( dtspair, as he was when he left him, (or U i nneiubiirrir-s, d by the presence of the dun ami (ortiiled with a little stimulant and a thrce-for-a dollar cigar, he had the andsc ity to say, "Never mind Ihe money, Oehle, but give me the ring. 1 louhln't thiuk of going luck to WaahisfiOi without that gem on my linger." On another occasion Ben wrote n long let. ler to au ncipiniutalice here appealing to his sympathy, and in great contldetice lellilig him hia fsmily was suffi ring for the actual necessaries of life, and that $10,0011, etc, etc, would be gratefully received, etc. The money was sent, and Ben, evidently forget ting what he hud written In the Portlaudcr acknowledged Ihe receipt of the money by suyilig it had just come iu tune to enable him lo buy a lot next lo his Washington home upon which he h id long rested a cov etous i ye, Not a hundred vears ago, just la (ore Chrislimis, he scut (or Mr. George Wridler ami with a choking voice said he had no money with which to make his little ones happy during Ihe holidays. Mr. Wcidlcr hurried out and (rom a couple of friends horrowid $:itili, ajl.lo of which Bui-spent within mi houi for jewelry. A heav) bill w is held against him by a swell wine mid grocery dealer iu Washing ton, and the debtor lifter years of waiting in sisted upon payment. Ben sent for a coupe, which h" kept standiii," at his front door at a ehnrge of one dollar an hour, and then, iih au eve witness informs us, with little or no iniiney iu his pocket called upon the discon tented tradesman, and soon after left him wreathed in hiniles while 11, n had a carriage load of demijohns, cigars and hams What other man in the country could have done this with the same grace? lie calls to mind the young Engli.h spendthrift who used to mollify the cravings and ipilet the ravings of his tailor by ordering another pair o( trousers or u new "swallow-tail." Parents shoiil I be careful that their chil Ireii do not contract colds during the (all or ul. winter months. Such colds weak en Ihe I lings and air passages, making the blht much morn likely lo contract other colds during the winter. It ia this success. ton of colds that niuse cntnirli unit bum chilis or paves the way (or consumption. Should a cold be contracted, loan no time hut cure it as quickly as posiiblc, A lift) cent botllu of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure any cold iu a few days and leuvo the respiratory organs strong and healthy. ror sale by Ostium A Co. Dr. Taylor's 7 Oaka Compound, purely vegetable, positively cures rheumatism, neu ralgia, toothache, sich headache, cramp col ic, eho era morbus, coiunliiiuts peculiar to (einaies, cold or cough, hive., chills nnd fe ver, pains around the heart, erysipelas, phthisic. Gi.inoa Titloi. 'ii ley Osliuru A Co, ilrugglsls. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of puiity, strength and whole.omeneaa. More economical than the ordinary kinds and can not be told iu competition with the multi tude of low test, short weight, alum or phos phate Hwders. Sold oulv iu cans. ItotiL IUiisio Pownin Co.. Km; Wall St., N. Y. E. R.SKIPWORTH, Jlttorneij-ai-Law, EUGEXKCITY, OKEOO.N. Orrw a Upstair, in Register Bha-k, first disar ti the left. Will do a -renersl law prw-thn In all th. Court, of th. State. All asajnea) promptly at attended to. HOF T.M AN IIOl'SK Ljiu ic, (heiior.. S. MINK A, PrOFBUCI'OK. f LRbYALMMIlJ HUU IlinlicnltttrttlSoeiety. The qoarlerly meetiug ol the .State Ifor ticnllural w.y was held at Portland, Tuesday, October Mh. Pre.ideut Cardwell aud Secretary Clarke were present, hut the general attendance was less than usual ow ing to ihe stormy weather. Those present nu hided members fton east of the Cascades and Vancouver, as well as from the valley, and the range of discussion was interesting, because practical and connected with fruit growing iu a real sense. W. Uisley, of Oswego, gave his experience with the use of London purple. He used a pound to 1J0 gallons of water, aud the leaves were somewhat burned, bnt soon recovered, and the trees did well. He had fine Hoi stein cattle, and aa the orchard waa iu clo ver, ho feared the conscpunccs if they ato the clover under the tree. At first he iu. traduced a scrub calf, aud no evil resulted, he turned his tine bred cattle in, and tbey did well. Though the aolntiou was strong, it did not poison the grasa. Mr. Clarke remarked that it was generally stated iu agricultural journals and by agri cultural stations that 150 gallona to a pound was strong enough, nml after the first spray ing 200 gallons lo the pound was used. Ev idently Mr. Ki-.li y used a solution unneces sarily strong. Mr. Risley snid that at Grant's Puss be saw all young orchards protected by clap boards, paper or burlaps, uud tbey said un less they took pains all young trees would die. The sun of March is hotter there than here, but it is also necessary here and many In es are injurod here. Dr. Plummer, of Portland, was sbowu a n limb of nn apple that had dead spots on it, and wondered if this was caused by sun buruiug. Risley taid he had them ou al sides of the tree, so it was not tbo sun's heat. Last spring he sawed off' all limbs so affected, aud Ihe trees made a splendid growth and seemed healthy. The worst eases wero with Yellow Ncwtons aud Hpitz enburgs. This called out some experience and it was generally conceded that the Y. N. I'd p. i was not a tree that would do well on all soils, nml that it is idj so hardy or sure us other varieties. It made n differ ence III spraying between different varie ties. Some were less liable to worms than other kinds. Dr. Plummer made a test as to the virtue Of sprayiug by leaving several trees across a ravine, nnd not easily reached. Those were badly infested with worms; ulso auoth or that was alongside an old cabin. Ha found afterwards that this tree bad been overlooked. He saved half his apples, when neighbors lost all ol their, and he lost nearly all on the trcea not sprayed. Probably he would have saved more if he had sprayed more, Dr. Plummer doubted if Londou purple waa us good as Paris green. A brother who grew fruit at San Jose wrote him that the kuowlng ones used Paris greeu. The diffi culty ia that it does not mix so readily in water ns London purple, Mr. Vurncy, of The Dalles, used concen trated lye as a wash at times, and mixed it with four Hiunds of resin to one pound of lye. Ho thought this made a good solution (or use, better than lye alone. He put this iu 100 to 1,10 gallona of water. The tilttirnoou discussion related lo prices ami prospects. It seems that apples are a aoarce crop all over the country; alao Cali fornia has a light crop of all drying fruits. The crop of Oregon waa fairly good, ex cept apples and pears, and the worms d--atoyi-d these alter a good showing iu the spring of fruit that set. The general con oulsiou was that all dried fruits will bear a fair price, aa there ia no overproduction. Mr. Clarke told of the way applea set last spring, aud showed that the worms had d, stinted seven-eights of all there were; ulso tbo result of spraying, and that at a small expeusa every man could save hia fruit, if au orchard beside him was rained. The discussion related to grading prunes, aa done in California, to methods of curing, the need of thinning to grade the fruit on Ihe tree. As to planting trees, Mr. Clarke gave hia way of plowiug lands to have the dead fnr' row come where the trees did, and then plow very deep and plaut in the furrow, so the trees would lie as when in the nursery. Mr. Frauds, of Portland told of a ii i ii n at Eugene who phtutcd a row, so that they graded in depth until the last one waa i .'. i fi i dcep- i th ii iu the nursery. The man said those buried the deepest did the best of ul I, but this was not accepted aa good fruit tree logic. It waa generally conceded lliut Mr. Clarke's plan waa the moat relia ble. Mr. Yarney thought trees should be set deep. As to ages of trees to lie set, a variety of opinions waa , i pressed. Some had found three or four old year old trees to do beat, and othera favored good yearling!. Evi dently much depends on the treea and on the treea and ou the soil. Different varie ties and different locatioua made a differ ence us to results. A. F. Snaw. of Vancover, set out big and little treea in 1882, and the little onea art now twice aa large aa the othera. That waa ou sandy loan, with gravelly sub-soil that gv perfect drainage. Geo. Yv. Kinney, Aorioueer. When you want vnnr goods, household furniture or land sold at auction, call o( Geo. W. Kiusey, the pioneer and moat aue ceaaful auctioneer in Lane County. He will atteud to all sale on a reasonable com mission. Change is one of the irresi stable laws of nature, and fortunately the change is almost invariably for tin better. Aa an instance of i Ihia, St Patrick Pills are faat taking the place of the old harsh and violent cathar tics, because they are milder and produce a pleasanter effect, besides tbey 00 OWN more ImneBcial in removing morbid matter from Ibe system aud prerrntiug ague and other malarious diaeaata. As a cathartic and liver pill tbey are almost peifect. Foe sale by Oaborn a Co.