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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
A BOUT OF % ROUNDS.
Atten and Moran Settle Their Differ
ences by clipping a Coin.

San Francisco. Aug. 15.-A flip of
a coin last night. after both fighters
had made concessions. saved the At
tell-Moran fight from being called off.
The fight for the featherweight cham
pionship of the world will take place
with Jack Welsh as referee and will
last twenty-three rounds, so arranged
because 1t was the only way out of a
stubborn quarrel. Moran wanted
tbirty-five rounds and finally consent
ed to take twenty-five. Attell held out
for twenty, but at last said he would
fin a coin. He won and a twenty
three round fight is the result
The other conditions. outside of the
referee and the number of rounds, are
the same as were decided upon at the
time of the meeting in New York city.
The men are to make 122 pounds four
hours before the fight and are to box
for so per cent Of the receipts, to be
divided go per cent to the winner and
40 per cent to the loser.
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ARMY OF $500 Men.
VIII BE I'm the Illinois Capital by Thi.
Evening.

Chicago. Aug. 15.-Major General
r. G. Young, who is in command Of
the Illinois National guard received a
message from Governor Deneen at 9
o'clock and afterward talked with the
governor over the long distance tele-
phone:
The governor told me that the sit
uadon at Springfield today was we'll in
hand, but in order to guard against
any further riotous demonstrations he
thought ii well to make an imposing
display of military force" said General
Young. THE First Illinois will take a
special train IN order to arrive AZ
Springfield this evening. We are pro-
ceeding on the theory that an ounce ~
prevention Is worth pound of cure.
With the arrival of the First I'LL
nois there will be at Springfield three
regiments of national guardsmen
numbering about $500 men and Off
GERS"
1T was not a question of one mob.
but OF many mobs apparently without
organized leadership, but acting in
such Instructive unison that the police
ana nremen were absolutely power
less before them" said Edward Han
son. general secretary of the Y NJ c.
A. at Springfield. who arrived in Chi
cago this morning after having wit
messed the tragic scenes in Springfield
last night. Mr.. Hanson was prevented
from taking an expected train out of
that city by fire started by members
of the mob.
Il was down town when the rioting
began" said Mr.. Hanson. there had
(. been mutterings all the evening and
when 1t s O'Clock, the mob learned
that the accused negroes had been
taken from the jail in Harry T Lo-
per's automobile they searched his
restaurant two blocks from the city
hall. I stood across the street and
mil he 80 -
building. Lopez stood there with a
rife in his hands. but he did not fire
and when bricks began to crash
through the plate glass windows he
ran TO the basement. A perfect hail
of bricks and stones demolished the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
WIFE DEsERTION.
An Increase of so Per Cent I'm Chicago
Since November

Chicago. Aug. 15.-wife abandon
ment is on the increase in Chicago.
Cases of husbands deserving their
wives and children have become so
frequent in the last ten months that
charity workers regard the situation
as epidemic.
Between 800 and 400 cases have
been reported to the Chicago Relief
and Aid society since last November
This Is so per cent higher than the
number reported to the society in the
corresponding period last year Lack
OF work. due to hard times, drunken
ness, and dependency are the prin-
cipal causes advanced
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they Are Present in Large
Numbers at Trade Centers.
Continued improvement Shown
by Industrial Reports.
IS HIGHER
causing Talk About Reopening
of Many Mills.
Bank Clearings i'm Topeka Show
Gain of 36.9.

says
Trade is of fair volume. crops have
made further progress, corn especially
being helped by rains. and COLLECTIONS
snow tangible improvement though
odckWardness is still subject of COM
paint here. All advices agree that
buyers are in the various markets in
large IL not record numbers, but eau
tlon and conservatism are strongly
appdrent and at some centers disap-
polntment is expressed at the volume
OF business done so far in August In
ucstridi reports are as favorable as
TOT some weeks past; there is still
SLOW gradual improvement in the iron
ana steel and allied trades, though pig
IRON is lower this week and as south
ern lumber prices are higher there is
talk or many mills being again set in
motion. Still there are numerous re-
ports of curtailed output, and textile
INES at one leading center are running
to only so to 60 per cent of capacity
Large auction sales of textile products
nave been well attended and prices,
while naturally lower than in regular
trade channels, are fairly up to expec-
| tations
| The wool trade has cheerful tone
and good interest is displayed by large
and small buyers Spring lines are
still being opened and the outlook is
regarded as encoura ging. Manufac-
turers of cheap and medium grades of
shoes are doing relatively better than
in more expensive lines, stocks in re-
| tailers and jobbers hands are reported
| light and eastern shipments are larger,
| still they are below last year for the
week and season, the latter by 81 per
cent.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending August 10,
| number 249 against 205 last week, 146
| in the like week of 1907, lab in 1906,
147 in 1905 and 2O3 in 1904.
Canadian failures for the same per-
| iod number 81 against 10 last week
and 80 in the corresponding week of
| last year.
Wheat including -four, exports from
| the United States and Canada for the
week ending August IS, as reported by
| the telegraph to Bradstreet aggregate
3,760,727 bushels against 1885, 4S
| last week and 2.947,433 this week last
year. For the seven weeks ending
August 13 this year the exports are
| 1S,S65,069 bushels against 1S,911,193
| in the corresponding period last year.
| Corn exports for the week are 3S,917
bushels against 114,622 last week and
| 1.441,727 in 1907. For the seven
weeks ending August 10 the corn ex-
ports are 379,706 bushels against TO-
| 711,959 in the same period last year.
Bank Clearings.
! Bradstreets bank clearings report for
gregate of 81, so 167 600 against 81 Az 1885,
| 900 last week and s. 766, 672 600 in the cor
| responding week last year. The follow
| ing is a list of the cities:
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Anderson, William, back of head
cut by broken glass.
Wilson, Andrew, back of head cut
by missile.
Muslin, Edward, head and should
ers cut and beaten with club.
Twyan, Arthur, shot in left side and
shoulder.
Delamore, Frank, shot in left side
Smith, William. beaten and tram
pied.
Stokes, Will, negro porter, beaten
and trampled. ---r
Logan, -, wounded in face, arm
and chest with buckshot.
Mayo. Eugene, eye destroyed by
buck shot.
West, Harrison. negro, head beaten
and trampled.
Bow, w. H., shot in chest. wound in
lung, feared serious. tat -
The majority of the others were
shot in the legs or feet by the soldiers
who dispersed the mob.
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Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City. Aug. 15.-WHEAT-Mar
ket unchanged to 1c lower September,
No. . hard. S9d9c; No. 8, ssG95c: No.
red. s6Gs7c: No. 3. 94G95c.
CORN-Market 1zc to &c lower. Septenl-
Der. $3.50; December. 5Sl1c; May. 57izc.
Cash: No. 2 mixed. 711xc: No. 8. Tic; No.
white. &c; No. 5. 74dT41zc.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white.
47a4sc: No. mixed. 46d47c.
RYE-S0c.
HAY-Market firm. Choice timothy,
So 5OG1oOO; choice prairie, 500.
BUTTER-Market firm. Creamery, 21c;
packing stock, 16c-
EGGS-Market nc higher. Fresh ex-
tras Zoe: current receipts, 141zc-
wHEAT-Receipts 341 cars.
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New, York Stock Market.

Wall St., New York, Aug. 15.-STOCKo-
Prices were on the down grade at the
opening today. but the losses were con-
fined to moderate fractions and selling
was not on large scale. Union Pacific.
American Smelling and Amalgamated
copper lost Sc while the Rock Island
stocks gained as much
Bull operators took hold of the market
immediately after the opening and mark
ed up the various leaders sharply in an
enort to drive i'm the short interests. This
high prices invited realizing and short
selling again and the entire market fell
back to the opening level or below. Chi
cago, st. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha
preferred broke points
The market closed active with the
rally in progress Heavy selling of Amer
lean Smelling was resumed in the second
hour and sold down to 9oAc. loss OF
nearly points. The break in this stock
had sympathetic effect on the general
metal group. particular for United States
Steel which dropped to 44c. The general
railway list. however showed some re-
fsstance to the movement. losses there be-
ing confined to about u to ". although
Union Pacific relapsed a point. In the
final dealings there was a heavy cover
ing movement all around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
ames and Jones Win at Tennis.

Kansas City, Aug. I'D. L. James
and Herbert V. Jones are doubles
champions of Kansas City. They won
that title yesterday afternoon on the
x. C. A. c. courts. by defeating ]. S.
Tritle and DR.. Frank E.. Sheldon
three straight sets of brilliantly
played tennis. The scores were 6-3,
So 60. At no time was the win
ming team worried as to the outcome.
They were always in the lead and won
most of their games by good margins.
Only three games in the match went
to deuce, and these were won by
lanes and Jones.
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Kansas City Live stock

Kansas City. Mo. Aug. 15.-CATTLE-
Receipts 500. including 200 southerns. Mar
ket steady. Native steers, 81 50@1 so;
southern steers s.. 3Od4.75: southern cows.
81 406I3.50: native cows and hefers. s2.004
SIS: stockers and feeders. S2.S5G4.50; bulls,
s.. 5O13.75: calves. $325d6.00; western steers.
$35oG5. %; western cows, $.5Qd3.6O.
HOGSReceipts 5000. Market &c to 1cc
higher. Bulk of sales, IS. 35d6. 80; heavy,
$660d6.70: packers, s635dS.65; light, 5000
$50; pigs, Sc. 50@5o %.
SHEEP-Receipts 200. Market steady.
Muttons s3.75q4 IS; lambs. 4.50d6.0 90; range
wethers. 5000 10: fed ewes. s.. o54400
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug 15-CATTLE-Receipt
about 1000. Market steady. Beeves. S.65
M7.75; Texas steers. So. 5O@5.20; western
81 40d4.5O; COWS and heifers. sl.eod57
calves s5.5Od7. 80
HOGStReceipts about 5000. Market so
10c higher. Lights, s6.05G6 IN: pigs, s.. 10
66.50; mixed. Sc. 1Od670; heavy. s6.05d6 2;
good to choice heavy. Sc. 35d6.70: rough,
Sc O516. IS; bulk of sales. IS. 4OG6 CO.
SHEEP-Receipts about 1000. Market
steady. Natives, S250d4.25; westerns, s.. 70
G4.35; yearlings. 81. 25@5Oo; lambs, s3.5c1
$50; westerns. 81. 2oG6.4o.
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Wins 10 Games Ont of %,

Kensington. Kan, Aug. 15.-Ken-
sington defeated the professional ball
team from Franklin here in we'll
fought contest. Both pitchers worked
we'll, allowing but four hits each. Ken
sington has won 10 of % games played
this season.
The score: R.H.E.
Franklin ....0 o 0 o o o o o 90 4 2
Batteries-Pyle and Landes; Michel
and Bonner.
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Office 10 West Sixth St, Phone .ssl

Liverpool cables: Wheat SD lower; corn
I'D higher Fsl
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat ,32.
corn %. oats L.
Kansas City estimated car lots Monday:
Wheat 341. corn 30, oats 81
chicago car lots today: Wheat 163. corn
Chicago estimated car lots Monday:
Wheat las. corn a01. oats 49,
Northwest car lots today 81; last year
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The percentage of actual reserve of
the clearing house banks at the close
of business yesterday was 29.43-
The statement of banks and trust
companies of Greater New York not
members of the clearing houses shows
that these institutions have aggregate
deposits of SLOPE. 423 900. total cash on
hand s1oO. Se1. 200, and loans amounting
70 1915. O97, 100.
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Boomers 2. AImena

Almena, Kan. Aug. 15.-The National
Boomers won Fridays game from the
locals by a score of to l. Dumb base
running on the part of the home team
was responsible for their defeat.
The score: RHE
Almena 80. 30 OOo0 1O0O-1 3
Boomers ..-..--1 o o 0 o o. s 5
Batteries-J. Miller and Means; May
and Rex.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Aug. 15.-MONEY-Close :
Prime mercantile paper to per cent.
Sterling exchange. steady with actual
business in bankers bills at a "a 9oa4 81. 20
for so day bills and at s4s6. 40 64s645 for
demand: commercial bills, A4G4.S4
Bar silver, 511sc; Mexican dollars, 45c.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds, steady.
Money on call nominal Time loans
firm and dull: 60 days 2 and 80 days ~
per cent; six months 31z64 per cent.
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Union Pacific to Colorado.

No trip can surpass in pleasure and
health a vacation spent in the Rockies.
Low rates in effect every day from
June 1 to September 30, 1908; $3.50
for the round trip to Denver, Colorado
Springs. Pueblo and other Colorado
points via Union Pacific.
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New York Produce Market.

New York. Aug. 15.-BUTTER-Marke
firm. Creamery specials. BIC; extras.
23c: third to first. 1SQ22c
cream. specials. isAa1sAc: do. small. col.
or or white fancy. 12c: ditto large. color
ed white fancy. 11zc: ditto good to
prime. 11@111zc: ditto common. 9Aa1024c;
skins. 11zef9Lc.
EGGS-Market firm. Western firsts. is
0191zc: seconds. 161zQ17kc.
POULTRY-Alive. steady; springs. 16c;
fowl 1870; turkeys. 12c. Dressed. irreg-
ular: western springs. 1e1e@1sc; fowls. 121z
G131zc.
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Weekly Bank Statement.

New York. Aug 15.-The statement
of the clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks holds $751;
61S,625 more than the requirement for
the 25 per cent reserve rule. This is a
decrease of 81, 605, $50 in the proportion
ate cash reserve as compared with last
week. The statement follows:
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New York Sugar and Comee Market

New York, Aug. 15.-SUGAR--Raw,
dull: fair refining. s3.50d3.53; centrifugal.
s6 test s4.00d403: molasses sugar, So No
9.2s; refined. quiet; crushed. $50; pow
dered. $50: granulated. $50. 80 .
COFFEE-Market quiet. No. Rio, SIC;
No Santos, Sac. l-t. i
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Chicaeo Produce Market

Chicago. Aug. 15-CHEESE-Market
strong. Daisies, 13c; twins, 11zG12c;
young Americas, 13c.
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Ranees of Prtccs s,n stoclza

FURNISHED by J. E. GAN. Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth st. Phone 4s61
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FURNISHED by the Charles Woln Pack
ing Co yards close at noon Saturday.
we cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
weighing less than 10 lbs Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished.
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give
below prices effective at once, until fur
Their notice.
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Cotton Market.

closed quiet, 10 point lower; middling up
lands 5000; middling gulf. s1o.75; sales
| IS bales.
| Market lower. 10 1-16c.
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Market Gossip.

Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
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Kansas City Grain Market.

Furnished by ]. E. GALL Commissions
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO West Sixth st. Phone 4S6.1
Koa.,s r~it,, Au1 TX
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Topeka, Kan. Aug. Is.
HnGS

COWS (goool ''''''''''.'''.... -$SvVYs.W
COWS (common) ......-........... 200lt3.00,
HELPERS ..--.-.. ..............-.-. 30003. ~
ELVES good. loo to 200 ib:.j.... zo 1893 3
CALVES lover go lbsO .....:..... s.o08aH
furnished BY The These Continental e sa Creamery
rccsLcbicaso. fR s5sc: \. Y z. 1sc
CREAMERY BUTTER-chicaso. 20; N.
Y EIG sS BUrTER-22c
fWhoiesale Prices s furnished by Topeka
Packing E GS; 4 AND W Po LacFips street,
PoyLTRY,Hssnssc SCI oId spring. SCI bro
BUTTER-Packing stock. 1sc.
wHHG9GISE NssIHL FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
furnished by saml E. LUX. Whoiesais
Emit and PRODUCED
GRAPPESPer ID; basket a 800.
PEARSNCalifornia Bartlett. per bog.
I'll Utah PRUNEs-Per basket crate.
'CABBAGE-Per lb.. INC.
oNIoNssmIHISosme gr pv per bu.. s1.ca
PLUMS-California. per crate. NM.
GANTAL IEl P6SsPeer crate ib ,szso0aA
Pharmaceutical MGoMNEssscailfornia seseas Crate c'
ORANGEs-yalencia; per box, sa7s@4&
cANTALOUPES-Arizo per crate
s BxSAN sized punches. sz.zs
al. 50: large punches. 81. 75Qs.o0: Jumbo.
81 25a350; extra large punches. per pound
&c. ~o1~ - =.
TOMATOESPer 20 Id. basket, Sc.
RADIsHEsaPer doz., 2oc.
MANGO PEPPERS-Per u bu., soa.
BEETS-Per doz. soc.
CARROTS-Per doz. punches. 20,
SPINACH-Per bu., zoe.
POTATOES-Per bu. 75c.
WAX BEANS-Per box. Sc.
CHEESE
Wisconsin Y. A.. 15c; Limburger. -
Daisy. 2o-lb. each. 15c; Dairy Twins 3 ~
box l5c; Wisconsin yellow, 15c: VIE
cousin white, 15c; Brick. lac; Bloch ,
Swiss domestic style. 15c.
Grain Market.
FURNISHED by ]. B. Billiard. cornar R>.
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Chicago Grain Market.

Furnished by j. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains. Provisions Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth St. Phone 4So
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Grain Market.

FURNISHED by J. B. Billiard. corner KAN
sas Ave. and Curtis St
Topeka. Kan, Aug. n
No. T. 72d74c.
CORN-70c.
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Bank Clearings.

Bradstreet's bank clearings report for
the week ending August 13 shows an ag-
gregate of $3.50, 167 600 as against s., Az 1885,,
900 last week and s.. 766 $4,000 in the cor
responding week last year. The follow
ing is a list of the cities:
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windows and 1 noticed that women
were taking an active part in storming
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
Tho Sullivan Raid.

Tn consequence of the raid made on Michael Sullivan's saloon at 697 Congress avenue, Sunday afternoon Hugh Kennedy, Henry Cook and Patrick Sullivan were each fined Sl with costs of S1203 on recommenda- ton of Liquor Prosecuting Attorney Niles by Judge Mathewson in the city court yesterday morning.
 The case against Daniel OSullivan was nolled and that against James Kennedy was continued until Satur- day, May 2, as was that of John j. Leary, who was arrested charged with giving information that the police were about to raid the place. Michael Sullivan was fined $10 with costs of $14.5S. The latter was charged with violating the Sunday closing law, while the others were fined for being in a saloon, which was open contrary to law.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
PI l. [: 1; U R E F R [: E
Trial Package of Wonderful Pyramid Cure Sent to All Who Send Name
 and Address.

There are hundreds of cases of piles which have lasted for 20 and 30 years and have been cured in a few days or weeks with the marvellous Pyramid Pile Cure.
 Piles sufferers n the past have look ed upon an operation as the only re- lief. But operations rarely cure, and often lead to fearful results.
 The Pyramid Pile Cure cures IL re- lieves the swelling stops the conges- ton, heals the ulcers and Assures and the piles disappear. There Is no form of piles which this remedy is not made to cure.
 The Pyramid Pile Cure can be used at home, There is no loss of time or detention from business. There is no case of piles so severe that the Pyra- mid Pile Cure will not bring relief.
 We make To charge for trial pack age of Pyramid Pile Cure. This sample will relieve the itching, soothe the irflamed membrane and start you on your way to a cure. After you have used the sample go to the druggist for a 50-cent box of the remedy Write to- day. The sample costs you nothing Pyramid Drug Co, lt3 Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
ITCHING HUM0R ON LITTLE B0Y
His Hands were a Solid Mass, and
 Disease Spread All Over His Body In Four Days the Child was
 Entirely Cured Mother Strongly
RECOMMENDS CUTICURA
 SOAP AND OINTMENT

"One day we noticed that our little boy was all broken out with itching cores. We first noticed it on his little hands. His hands were not as bad then, and we didn't think anything serious would result. But the next day we heard of the Cuticura Remedies being so good for itching sores, etc., that l thought I would get them. By this time the disease had spread all over his body, and his hands were nothing but solid mass of this itching disease, l vent to the drug store and purchased box of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, and that night stripped my little boy and took the Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water and washed him well. Then l dried him with soft bath towel, and took the Cuticura Ointment and rubbed him thoroughly with 1t. 1 did this every evening before put him to bed and in three or four nights he was entirely cured. You have my permission to publish this because anybody who suf- tered as my baby did ought to know of the Cuticura Remedies. I will surely and gladly recommend the Cutcufa Remedies. for they are godsend to all suffering with skin diseases. Mrs. Frank Donahue. POS Fremont St., Kokomo, Ind, Sept. Is, l907."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
The Needle Shooters,

The two Sheffield Scientific school students, rooming at l22 Wall street, were suspended from college by the faculty yesterday morning until the opening of the next term in Septem- ber for shooting needles. attached to matches, into horses, from the sec ond story window of the dormitory in which they roomed,
 Chief of Police Henry D. Cowles received two complaints Saturday, one from Fred F. Jenks. commis- sion merchant, residing at 391 Elm street, and the other from William F. Morgan. that students had shot needles into their horses. Chief Cowles now has the needle which was taken from Mir. Jenks' horse. The needle ent into MT Morgans horse's foreshoulder.
 Chief Cowles thinks that this was one of the most brutal tricks that the students have played The match was cut so that small feather might be attached, and then the needle was stuck in the other end of the match stick. The students used the feather so that the needle would be sure to go straight.