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ROMANCE OF THE BAHAMAS.
Life In Nassau Was Once a "PurpIe
Princely Thing"

During the American war between
The states Nassau of the Bahamas was
very much on the tongues of men, as
the ueVll-maN-calr emporium Of Ontra
band cotton, whereby hangs many :,
uaShing sea story. some of which YOU
can still hear from the lips OF the mel
who took part in them.
The whole history of the Bahamas.
since Columbus made his first lanGfall
in The western SrAS Oh Watling'S is
land. has been Il fantastic record of
desperate opportunism. The prose OF
"le@itimatc" business has seldom dull
ed the edge Of prrcariu,lS prosperity ON
these derrlirt islands. whose very eX-
i>tence still Gems at the yrudying mer-
cy of the sea.
~Bucranrcring. Wrrckiny and blockade
runninG-no more tedious employ than
these masculine professions occupied
the Ballamians for generations, and SO
long us there We're merchantmen to be
boarded or Scuttlrn. rich caryOcS to DE
harvested from the white fau.cI reefs
or cotton to be run to Wilmington ut n:
profit of SlOo,OW the trip life in Mas
Sall was II purple princrIy thing. and
even the S~hoeblackS in Bay street play
ed pitch and toss With yoId.-Rirharu
lie Gallirnne in IIarIcr'S Magazine.
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Chinese Architecture.

The monuments of China are amor.
the most conspicuous in the world.
Interpreted broadly they range from :;
COIN or an oracle bone to the Great
wall. China has more than 1000 i'm
rOrtant specimens of the pa"ola, an
original form of tower architecture UNI
surpassed for beauty by any similar
kind of structure. The Porcelain tower
at Marking deserved to he ranged with
the wonders Of the world, and for
reasons which made it the superior of
the so called wonders. Chinese
sculpture has never been surpassed.
and there is no evidence in mundane
art to show that it ever will be. There
is Il single fragment in the Metropolis
tan museum in New York-a stone
head Of the Tang period-whose gran
deur of plastic mastery since it's APP
pcarancch has conferred distinction upun
the sculpture of the world.1Journal OF
the American ASiatic Association.
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Verses 54-56.-Stephen's defense.
The witnesses who accused Stephen
charged him With blasphemy in attack
ing the Mosaic ritual and so it's author,
God. 1t is probable, noting his words
to the Sanhedrin, that Stephen had
preached that the law and the temple
worship would pass away before the
rising power of Jesus. 1t was Il star
Ting declaration. On almost the same
charge they had convicted Jesus. The
apostles had never attacked the tenn
pie ritual and had been conspicu-
Gus for their devotion to the Worship
Of their fathers. But Stephen, with
his Greek tendencies, presented the
promise Of inevitable trouble unless
his dangerous teaching could be 81
fenced at once, SO that it was il united
ly hostile assembly that Stephen faced
in the sanhedrin. His defense was Il
recital Of the history of the nation,
seeking to show W. things in particu-
lar-tirst. that God had been and so
could be worshipcd outside the temple
ut Jerusalem. and, second. tina the IA
ton had Il long record of rejecting
Gods servants and Gods will. Then
he developed two main contentious. as
illustrated in the lives OF Joseph and
Moses and David, all Of whom wor-
SHIPPED before the temple was built and
all OF whom were rejected by their
people and later honorcd by God. BY
such an approach Stephen anne to the
| climax of his argument. when he turn
ed upon the men sitting IN judgment
and declared that. ever as their IA
theirs had prosecuted the prophets. so
they had murdered Jesus. The appli-
cation was too clear. Since they had
betrayed Gods righteous one. God
would reject them. and once more his
people would worship him without
temple or Mosaic law. Before stephen
could utter the words the Sanhedrin
was in n turmoil. The biting SEN
fences had found their mark. The
nroud leaders were cut to the heart
The original words literally translated
mean "Sawn through Like snarlins
beasts they ''gna>hed on" Stephen
"with their teeth" But the presence
of "the Holy Spirit" within his heart
made Stephen superior to all outward
circumstances. The riot in the council
chamber faded from his vision. and nc
saw heavens glory and Jesus stand
ing"-not sitting. as generally concciv
cd-"on the right hand of God" wait
ing to help his oppressed disciple
"Rehold."'h cried, 1.-The Son of Man.
The use of this title stamps the words
as genuine, since it is used elsewhere
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-10
British Football Scandal,

a sensation has been caused i'll foot
ball circles In the north of England 10y
a report issued by the commission of
the English Football association on the
result of the game between Liverpool
and Manchester United, which was
decided last April. The report shows
that the game was prearranged be-
tween the players for the purpose of
betting and winning money. The com
mittee found that sums of money had
changed hands on the result Of the
game and that the players profited con-
siderably. The football association has
permanently suspended four Liverpool
players-Sheldon. Purcell. Miller and
~l'airfoul-and three Manchester United
professionalism. Turnbull. West and
Whalley-from taking part in playing
football or football management, and
they are also barred from entering any
football ground in England in the
future.
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ton of Paris of 1856 a blockade in order
to be binding must be eff~ective-that is to
say, it must be maintained by force suf-
ficient readily to prevent access to the
enemy coast line.
Article The question whether a block
ade is effective is Il question OF fact.
Article "A blockade is not regarded as
raised if the b~lockading force is Temporal
rily withdrawn on account of stress Of
weather.
Article "a blockade must be applied
impartially to the ships of all nations.
Article t.-The commander Of a blockad-
ing force may give permission to a war
shin to enter and subsequently leave a
blockaded port.
Article TN circumstances of Distress,
acknowledged by an officer of a blOckad-
ing force. a neutral vessel may enter a
place under the blockade and subsequent
ly leave it. provided she has neither dis
charged nor shipped a cargo there.
Article S.-A blockade in order to be
binding must be declared in accordance
with article 9 and notified in accordance
with articles II and l6.
Article "a declaration OF blockade is
made either by the %blockading wv or
by the naval authorities acti4g in it's
name. 1t specifies % the date when the
blockade begins, (0 the geographical linn
its Of the coast line under blockade. (3)
the DeIlOu within ia llCAklI NSSSCiS
may come out.
Article 10.-lf the operations Of the block
aiding power or Of the nava authority act
ing in it's name do not tally with the par
tiCulars which, in accordance with article
8 % and C9. must be inserted in the
declaration of a blockade, the declaration
is void and a new declaration is necessary
in order to make the blockade operative.
Article IA declaration OF blockade is
notified % to neutral powers by the block
aiding power by means of a ~munic
addressed to the governments direct or to
their representatives accredited to 1t, (O
to the local authorities by the officer COM
manding the blockading force. The local
authorities will in turn inform the foreign
consular officers at the port or on the
coast line under the blockade as soOn as
possible.
Article 1.-THE rules as to declaration
and notification of blockade apply to cases
where the limits of a blockade are ex-
tended or where a blockade is re-estab-
lished after having been raised.
Article 13.-The voluntary raising Of a
blockade. as also any restriction In the
limits of a blockade. must be notified in
the manner prescribed by article Il.
Article 14.-The liability of a neutral YES
sci to capture for breach of blockade is
contingent on her knowledge, actual or
presumptive, Of the blockade.
Article 15.-Failing proof to the contrary.
KNOWLEDGE of the blockade is presumed if
the vessel left 4 neutral port subsequently
10 notification OF the blockade to the pow
err to which such port belongs. provided
that such notification was made in suf-
ficient time.
Article 16.-1f a vessel approaching a
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Braves Promise to Behave.

The Boston Nationals. whose ''kick-
ing tactics on the baseball field during
the past season We're criticised in some
quarters, will improve its manners
next year ii President James Il. Calf
ney has his way. In a letter. mailed
recently to every one of the Braves
under contract the club executive an
nounces his determination that the
conduct of the team shall be above
criticism.'
Umpire batting is a thing Of the
past. 1t is a detriment to the winning
of pennants." he said. continuing. "Ev-
cry player who is fined by an umpire
next season must pay his own fine, and
no player under suspension will receive
salary during that period"
President Gaffney assured the play
erS that he would back them to the
limit" if they were right and the UNI
pire wrong. but he expressed the belief
that the umpires would treat the play
ers properly if met in the same spirit.
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The Only Way Great Britain
Could Declare a Complete
Lawful Blockade OF Germany

mental seashore line. so indented
with bays and crowded with islands
that when their shore lines are
added we have 10000 miles. Can
you hem in such a territory as that?
You talk of putting Il wall Of fire
around $4,000 square miles so sit
uated. How absurd"
Yet it was done. Every month saw
it made tighter. according as the fed
eral government was bic to increase
the number of vessels forming Il great
Gordon. But up to the very last the
blockade so Justly celebrated was bro
ken again and again by the equally
celebrated blockade The rec
ords state that the federal blockaders
brought in during the war 1.149 prizes,
of which 21O We're steamships. There
were so vessels burned. sunk. driven
on shore or otherwise destroyed. max
ing Il total of 1.JO4 vessels of all class
es. The value of these vessels and
their cargoes. according to a low esti-
mate. was S31. 100000. To capture
them 3.I40 miles of coast. With 2OO
places where anchor could be dropped
and caryoes loaded. had to be bottled
up.
But what of the value Of the cotton
the blockade unnerS took from the
southern states to the English looms Of
Manchester and Lancashire up to the
time they had to shut down? And of
the cargoes Of "hardware." as the arms
and ammunition carried We're innocent
ly called: Steam presses reduced the
cotton to the smallest possible bulk. 50
that the long. narrow blockade runners
were able to carry from coo to 1.2OO
bales Of 800 or GOO pounds each. Some
times there We're three tiers of bales on
the upper decks. \ clear profit Of $13O.-
coo each way was not unusual. The
owners could afford to have a vessel
captured after n or two trips. 1t was
estimated that of the siNty-siX block
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only in the gospels and points to an
early stage in Christian theology. But
it sealed Stephens fate. An exalted
to these leaders who had rejected and
crucilied him.
Verses nI-lu.-The first martyr.
Such words We're too blasphemous to
enter the ears Of these piouS prclates,
so they cried out" and stopped their
ears" and crushed upon" Stephen land
cast him out OF the city 1t was
"Without the camp" that the penalty
for blaSphcmy must be suffered. and
the legal forms We're carefully observed
by this mob. Yet the whole matter
was illegal. for when they stoned him
they were acting in violation of the
Roman law and without due sentence
of death having been pronounced. But
Pontius plate, the Roman governor,
who vas recalled soon after. was in
such a ]prccariOuS position in JerlSu-
lem that he was forced to wink at
many violent acts Oh the part of the
native authorities. The Jewish re-
lllircmcntS We're observed, however.
AS commanded in such cases, 1.-THE wit
hcsSes' took a prominent part in the
stoning. They laid down their" outer
garments at the feet of Il young man."
This is the point at which Saul,
known as the Apostle Paul, enters the
record. He was about thirty years of
age at the time and Il prominent mem
Der of the synagogue Of the cilicians,
since he had been born in Tnrsus. Il
city of Cilicia. 1t is probable that
Luke, his travelling companion, obtains
ed this story from him. SO "thcy
stoned stephen, calling upon the Lord,'
and by his very prayer proving that
tho divinity Of Jesus was already cS-
tablishcd in the church. And, like his
Master Stephen died praying for his
enemies. 1t is With i: beautiful con-
trast to the tumult of the preceding
! verses that Luke writes "he fell asleep.
Saul was conscnting'-a sure touch of
autobiography, since no other could
know what was passing in his heart.
Verses 1b-3.-The expanding church.
"Thc blood of the martyrs is the seed
of the church, 1t has been true since
the first marytr went to his browning.
but the sowing has been accomplished
in unlikely ways. In this case the
death of stephen was the signal for "a
great prosecutions" which drove from
Jerusalem all classes in the church.
Into the regions of .Judea and Sauna
ria" they went, where Christ had told
them to go. but where it touk the fcar
of death to drive them. but Saul
laid waste the church," The whole
verse indicates that he made Il SyS.
temutic business of ii and sought to
stamp it out while it was in its infan.
cy. From this great sin he could nevel
! afterward entirely free his thoughts.
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Hauahton Braves Owner.

Percy ID. Haughton, the Harvard
football coach. is now president and
part owner of the Boston club of the
National league. Associated with him
in the purchase of the Braves is Il syn
dictate of Boston men. including Arthur
{. Wise, q member of Il Boston bank
ing firm. The new president announced
that he would retain the services of
George e. StallingS as manager of the
club and that Stallings would have alb
solute charge of the playing end of the
organization.
The announcement of the sale Of the
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The Inns of Chancerx.

Most OF the old inns of chancery are
no more. Clements inn. where l'al-
staff and Shallow 'hcaru the chimes mt
midnight;" New inn, of which Sir
Thomas More vas Il member: LYONS
inn. where CODE once taught the stu
dents; Furnivals inn. where Charles
Dickens lived: Thavies inn, which was
II OF the earliest of all the legal set
Elements in London: Harnard's inn.
where Lord Chief Justice Holt was
among the "principals"-all these his
toric places have lin the change and
chance of time" disappeared from
view. Staple inn remains in it's an
Gent state by the good will of the in
surance company that purchased it Il
number of years ayo.-Londou Law
Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-10
A LITERARY RIDDLE.
Why Does a Woman Write Differently
From a Man?

6TOH1 d wan!
Why is it that you can ALWAYS tell n
story written by a man from one writ
ten by Il woman? | saw the thing mt
to Il rather severe test within thc last
month, with results that were star
Ting.
Ten men and women. all of whom do
considerable novel reading. had had
dinner together. One of the men asked
the question l put at the top of these
paragraphs. He was in his own homo
and went to some trouble to prove that
the sex of authors is an easy thing In
determine.
Giving to each of the nine others =
pencil and piece of paper. the host pro.
ccedcd to read extracts from twenty
different books ana magazines. select
ing parts in which proper names would
not identify the story. AS he read each
person wrote down his guess as to
whether the author was :, man or \
III
Or the 1850 answers made by the
nine persons to the twenty tests all but
eight were correct. AS he kept the
books from which he read concealed
it was impossible to get aid with the
eye.
But. although everybody guessed right
almost every time. no one could still!
give Il good definition of the con,ln-
drum. Why does IL woman write diff
ferently from Il man:-Philadelphia
Ledger.
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%INFLAMMABLE BOMBS.
Substances Used In the Making OF
These Deadly Explosives.

substances OSeQ IN the making OF
These Deadly Explosives.
The inrrnliary bomb used by the
Zeppelin aircraft. as Il rule, is conicDl.
of ten inch diameter at the base. wrap
ped rounu with tarrcd rope and having
a metal handle at the apex. The base
IS a fat cup. into which a pierced metal
funnel is fitted. having the ignition de
vice and handle fitted ut the top.
The funnel is generally filled with
therlnit. The latter. upon ignition. gen
crates intense heat and by the time Of
the conclusion has taken the form OF
molten metal, having the %cXtIaordi-
nary high temperature of 5000 degrees
+. The molten metal is spread by the
conclusion.
Outside the funnel is Il padding of a
highly intlammable or resinous mate
rial. bound on with an intlammable
form of rope. The rcsinous material
creates IL rungcnt smoke.
There is generally some melted white
phosphorus in the bottom Of the cap,
which develops nauscous fumes. In
some cases cellnloid clippings are add
cd. and occasionally Il small quantity
of gasolinc.-philadelphia Press.
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Two Fleets Would Have to Keep
Constant Watch on Both Sides
of KEEL Canal Baltic and North
Seas Would Have to Be Pro-
tected.

INTERNATIONAL law rs laid down
at The Hague peace court and
agreed to by the maritime powers
Of the world provides that a block
hide in order to be binding must be eff
fectiye. It must be maintained by suf-
fcient force to prevent access to the
enemy coast line.
England's blockade Of Germany up
to the present time has not been etfec-
tive. Commerce has been going on be-
tween Germany's Baltic ports and SWe-
den. Now Great Britain proposes to
make the blockade complete, effective
to patrol the Baltic With sufficient
warships to prevent any neutral vessel
entering or leaving a German port.
Whether or not she can succeed in
doing this is merely a matter of opin-
ion. but there are many obstacles in
the way. First and of greatest impor-
lance there is the Kiel canal. Ger
many has a feet in this canal second
In power to England'S alone. 1t can
steam the siXty-one miles through the
canal and 90 from the North sea to the
Baltic in a few hours. whereas it would
take an English fleet a couple of days
to cruise around the northern shores of
Denmark and so from one sea to the
other.
Two Big Navies Needed.
Thus it is readily seen that in order
to establish an effective blockade the
entente allies would be compelled to
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Joie Ray to Close Career.

Joie Ray says that next year will he
his last in competition. The national
champions intention is to go out and
beat the indoor record for the mile. He
hopes to displace Abel Kiviat's mark
of t minutes IS 10 seconds. and he'll
give it the first wallop at the Boston
\. \. games Feb. ). Joie faces a tough
proposition. but he may come through.
remembering that the Windy City tlier
has negotiated the route OH the cinder
path in + minutes 1G 20 seconds.
If 1916 is to close Rays career as a
runner it is likely that next summer he
will make another attempt to beat Nor
MAJ Taber'S worlds record of I min
utes II 80 seconds. There are only Il
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worlds championship after a senSa-
tional season. was Il surprise. tnotti-
cially the price paid is said to be close
to S1OO.UOu. The club was purchased
John NJ. Ward for $l>7. 600. Experts
are of the opinion that lIaughton will
be Il success in baseball. He is not the
type of mar to sit back and watch any
team in which he is interested lose
consistently without jumping in to APP
ply methods which have been so uni
formly successful.
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ade runners making regular trips dur
ing the war forty We're captured or de-
stroyed, but only after they had made
a number Of successful voyages. Two
thirds of them always broke the block
ale,
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Topics of the Sport World
By SQUARE DEAL =:
By SQUARE DEAL

couple of good milers in America. now
that HWY has been canned and Ia
Der declares he never will put Il shoe
on again.
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have two fleets as strong or stronger
than the German navy. n in the
North sea and the other in the Baltic.
This, of course. in addition to the YES
sells that are now being used in the
Mediterranean and other naval thea
tiers of war.
Should England send an inferior fleet
to the Baltic, Germany in all probable
ity would send her ships out and get
squadron be weakened in order to es-
tablish the blockade the kaiser would
probably send his ships out past Hell
goland, and the naval action would
take place where Great Britain had
the smaller fleet.
But it may be possible for the allies,
for Russia and France have a good
many first class ships anG would lend
valuable aid. 1t would take a navy
larger thar any power in the world
possesses to erect a barrier Of warships
along the entire German coast, and for
the blockade to be effective this would
be necessary. Unless it is done it is
uOuOlAul IL lIC eA44CaA 81 Noulu Dc 1cl-
ognized by the neutral nations whose
commerce would be affected.
Among the possible solutions of the
problems now under consideration by
England is a scheme whereby neutral
governments would provide a naval
convoy through British waters for mcr-
chant vessels carrying a %noncontra-
band cargo, guaranteed as such by
the governments concerned. This, of
course, is only a partial solution, and
the difficulties of it are foreseen.
Blockades Always Important.
Blockades have always formed one
of the most interesting features of
wars. An effective blockade now ex-
lists in the Mediterranean and no ship
can enter Constantinople. The United
States established and maintained an
effective blockade at Havana and Ma
Mia. But perhaps the most notable
blockade in all history was the action
of the federal government in establish
ing q blockade of the 200 ports in the
Confederacy's territory during our civil
war. The rules governing blockades
today We're compiled largely from the
p%recedents established at that time.
In the sixties it was deemed impos-
sible to carry out such a mammoth
bottling scheme. but it was done. How
gigantic a task it was may be gathered
from an extract of a speech made by
Senator James H. Hammond Of South
Carolina at that time:
I'VE have 5000 miles Of CONT
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The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR

Golden TeXt.-Be thou faithful unto
death. and l will give thee the crown
Of life Ntev. ii, 1O,.