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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Venerable Citizen Passes Away

Christian F. Enslen, who died yes terday in the eighty-sixth year of his age, was one of Birmingham's most esteemed citizens. Born in Germany on March 31, 1880, he emigrated with his father to America when IA years of age and settled in Alabama. He came to Birmingham in 1871, the year it was founded; and after working at the trade of blacksmith for time he engaged in the mercantile business Industrious and enterprising, he was soon recognized as one of Birming- hams sturdiest upbuilders. In 1885 he established the Jefferson County Savings banK and under his prudent management as president it grew and prospered until it became known as one of the leading financial institu- tions of1Alabama.
 While Mir. Enslen was quiet in man. her he was of genial disposition and was distinguished for his good com rsdeship. He was always true friend and kind neighbor. If some of Birmingham's pioneers became more conspicuous in civic affairs than MT. Enslen, none had more public spirit. He was, indeed, model citi- zen-honest, straightforward and en- ergetic, and of exemplary life. AL though the infirmities of age caused MT. Enslen to retire recently from active business, he never ceased to manifest an interest in the bank he had built up or in the city which he had helped to make.
 MT. Enslen's death will be sincerely lamented and his memory will be ten derly cherished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
A Fine Record

Notwithstanding the small financial support which the Associated Charities has received during the past twelve months it's activities have been greater and more beneficent than ever. This institution is now in it's sixth year and, as the directors can testify, the work accomplished, often under dis couraging conditions, well jtstifies it's existence.
 The society has cared for nearly seven thousand different individuals during the past nine montls-more than twice as many as in any former year.
 It has been the custom for the As sociated Charities to make d sys- tematic canvass for subscriptitns each ! year, but owing to the busiless de- pl gession last fall the annual Appeal VI IS not pressed. There was phcti- cal 9y no canvass. \
 D fut now that prosperity has re- turne d the directtrs will soon. tar; to "a SC funds in ordsr that,he win ter worKe--ssy be bes@ried'on literally and without embarrassment to the few publicspirited citizens who constitute the board. The cost of administration has been reduced and there is every reason to believe that with anything like ample funds the work of the As sociated Charities will be even more helpful in the future than in any previ. ous season.
 There should be no trouble about securing generous subscriptions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15

best farm hand" The discovery of the true worth of the goat, along agricul- tural lines, was made by Crosby Hoops, Kansas City man, who when he is not selling pianos in one of the big stores, devotes his leisure to the cultivation of rather extensive gar den.
 Last spring Hopps' 8-year-old son traded bicycle for a goat which an- swers to the dignified name of Will liam. The elder Hopps looked askance at William at first; then conceived the idea of making William work for his board. The goat started out diplomati- cally by eating all the weeds in the Hoops back yard.
 A harness was procured and Will liam was hitched to the lawn mower. The plan worked splendidly and now the goat, driven by the junior Hoops, mows the lawn regularly. Next gar den blow was rigged up, William was hitched to it, and he now walks the rows, dragging the blow and respond ing to the commands of the driver as sedately as any old Dobbin. He does slyly nibble at tender turnip top now and then, but MT. Hopps declares he can afford to furnish the goat with dainty edibles, since he has proven so valuable an adjunct to the garden.
 In view of the popularity that Will liam is winning as "the best farm hand" the goat isn't so bad after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Drummer Boy of Chickamauga

Brig. Gen. John L. Clem, U. s. A., who retired for age last Friday-64 years-had the distinction of being the last of the men on the active list who had seen service in the civil war. He was known as the Drummer Boy of Chickamauga."
 Not yet 10 years old when the war began he offered for enlistment as a drummer in one of the regiments of !. his native state, Ohio, but owing to his youth he was rejected On May l, 1862, the Twenty-second Michigan infantry accepted him as a drummer and in 1863, for gallantry at Chick amauga, he was promoted sergeant. He participated in all the important battles in which the Army of the Cum berland was engaged, and became widely known as juvenile hero.
 In 1871, when Clem was barely 20, General Grant, then President. ap- pointed him second lieutenant of in- fantry in the United States army. In three years he was promoted first lieutenant. In 1882 he was transferred to the quartermaster's department with the rank of captain, and in that branch of the service he remained. He was advanced by regular rotation until he reached the grade of colonel.
 Glenn being the last of the civil war veterans on the active list the last Congress, as matter of sentiment, passed bill for his honor and benefit providing that upon his retirement his rank and pay should be that of brig adler general.
 General Clem is personally popular and his friends are congratulatinQ him upon his hale appearance and his good fortune. His retirement is but another reminder of the vanishing past. Not only are there no civil war aiveterans in the army today, but com paratively few there be who fought on either side who are under threescore and ten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
HENRY FORD
From the St. Louis Times.

From the St. Louis Times.
 There are lot of fossils in the world and few deluded members of the more recent generations who are continually looking around them for examples of genius to compare with the constructive ingenuity of the men of long ago." They find no contem- porary builders that might be placed in the balance with the railroad and corporation builders of the past
 For the short-sighted individual s benefit we beg leave to call attention to Henry Ford After startling the world with his s5 day minimum wage scale, Henry Ford is just now cut ting $15,000.000 pie to be distributed among his customers. MT. Ford's em- ployes' deposits now total s3.O46. 3o1 their life insurance totals $6,493, 700. The value of their homes under the Ford system of payment now totals $S,S67,159. And all this through the formation and carrying out of a busi- ness that had, in its start, nothing to recommend it but those things that all business ventures include
 Can those who rant over the colossal successes of the linen of long ago. point out to us anything in the whole history of commercial enterprises that has in It so great an evidence of indi- vidu>s genius as the sociological philanthropical and industrial develop ment of Henry Fords plans?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
The National Defense

''President Wilson seems to be very much in earnest in promoting the movement for strengthening the national defense, but he will find it no easy matter to in- duce Congress to increase the regular army to any considerable extent said J. s. Kline, a former National Guards man of Philadelphia.
 '1 believe the army should be about doubled, which would give total en- listed strength of something like 1so,000. This think would be ample for mobiliza- tion efficiency. But Chairman Hay of the House military committee said in a recent interview that he did not believe the army should be increased at all, and, of course, what he says has weight with Congress. The administration, however. will doubtless be able to get bill through adding a few thousand men-maybe 2oO00. That would help some, but those who think this country should be pre- pared for an emergency will be disap- pointed if Congress does not take larger view.
 ''The National Guard, if put on a small pay basis, could be recruited up to 300 GOO. That will be done some day, but perhaps not by the Sixty-fourth Congress With an organized militia of 50O00e or 60O,0O0 men we would not need so much of a standing army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
THE rEOPLE,s BONG or PEACD


 By Joaquin Miller. The grass is green on Bunker Hill. The waters sweet on Brandywine; The sword sleeps in the scabbard still. The farmer keeps his flock and vine. Then who would mar the scene today With vaunt of battlefield or fray? The brave corn lifts in regiments Ten thousand sabers in the sun; The ricks replace the battle tents, The bannered tassels toss and run, The neighing steed. the bugle's blast These be but stories of the past. The earth has healed her wounde cd
 breast,
 The cannors blow the field no more The heroes rest! Oh. let them rest In peace along the peaceful shore, They fought for peace. for peace they
 fell:
 They sleep in peace and all is we'll The fields forget the battles fought, The trenches wave in golden grain Shall we neglect the lessons taught, And tear the wounds agape again Sweet Mother Nature, nurse the land. And heal her wounds with gentle hand Lo! peace on earth; Lo! flock and fold To! rich abundance, fat increase. And valleys clad in sheen of gold o, rise and sing song of peace For Theseus roams the land no more And Janus rests with rusted door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
HOTEL LOBRIES
Retail Trade Improving

There has been a marked improve ment In Birmingham retal trade since the first of August and after about two more pay days everybody in the busi- ness district will be rushed with busi- ness" said Oliver Chalifoux. Even one more pay day will make a big diff ference, but by October there will be more money in circulation here than has been the case in several years past.
 The pay rolls of the Birmingham district are larger this month than they have been at any previous month of the year. and they will continue to increase. Certain it is that prosperity will be in full swing before the end of the year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15

teaching that God Himself is a sac rificial God and that He suffers in or der to redeem man.
 Christ's suffering is in keeping with the universal law that redemption comes through pain. But His suffering was not to appease God. It was not to reconcile God to us but to reconcile us to God. He came to show us that God was our Father, willing and anx- ious to forgive and to save us. Faith, on our part, is simply accepting His representations about God and enter ing into the divine comradeship. To get and keep this comradeship with God, which is the very essence of sal vation, two things are required righteousness toward man and hu- mility toward God.
 HENRY M EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Gods Requirement.

"What doth Jehovah require of Thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Thy God?" Micah 6, 8.
 Here is Gods ideal plan for a mans life. The plan calls for two relation ships-one to fellowman, one to God. Towards men justice and mercy, with God an humble walk. We are to use justice in our ordinary dealings with men, and, when more is required, justice is to be tempered with mercy. With God we are to enjoy compan- ionship, characterized on our side by humility.
 Gods requirement, then, is right eousness toward men and humility toward Himself. He requires this and He requires nothing more. Such is the common conscience of the world, and such the revealed and self-evident truth of God.
 The sacrificial laws of ancient Isreal were to regulate what the people were already practicing, not to command anew. They made all sacrifices en- tirely voluntary, and were never in any instance designed to appease the wrath of God.
 The whole notion of placating God is of heather origin. Whenever it seems to occur in the Bible, it comes by reason of the fact that Israel's sac rificial system was adapted from heather nations, and the terms are sometimes loosely used. There were doubtless some among the Hebrews, however, who had wrong ideas of the meaning of the sacrifices, for the prophets are ceasless in their reitera- tion of the truth that sacrifices and other ceremonial observances are not required and are unavailing, that righteousness is the one requisite.
 Micah is speaking to that very point in the passage quoted as a text for this article. In the preceding verse he says: twill Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams and with ten thou. sands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-bord for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" No, he says; righteousness is all God requires.
 The old sacrifices represented cer- tain experiences on the part of those offering them. Penitence, consecra- tion, thanksgiving, communion, were expressed by the different gifts They never taught that God was a God of wrath to be appeased by blood.
 The Second Isaiah gives us our first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
CRUELTY TO FEMINIsM

From the Detroit News.
 A New York feminist has challenged law and order by proclaiming, through letters to he press and to officials, that she has married in violation of a supreme court decree forbidding her to take another husband within the state. She defies authority and invites prosecution.
 canny district attorney declines to take action. The wrath of Mrs. Cur ney T. Morse toward male oppression will reach high pitch when it becomes apparent to her that she really is to be permitted to have her own way without spectacular interference.
 All causes, good or bad, thrive on attempts to suppress them. There would be no fun for women in revolt ing if no one got in their way. Tc hunt trouble and have 1t hide its face Is bitter experiences; to yearr for martyrdom and be ignored Is un, speakably disconc certing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
YELLOW REPELS MOSQUITO

differently colored. were placed where they would attract mosquitoes. After d few hours the box colored navy blue as found covered with mosquitoes On Il were 108 mosquitoes whereas the light yellow box had none at all. The next most attractive color to the mos quitoes was dark red, on which 90 in- sccts had settled. And so on to pale green. which attracted only four, while pale blue and ochre had only three apiece, white two and orange only one This experiment was many times re- peated and similar averages were al- ways the result.
 The table compiled by Professor shipley might be advantageously used as guide to summer dressing.
 That the mosquito is as susceptible to sound as to color was shown by the experiments of M Jousset de Bellesme. who spent a good deal of time investi- sating the mechanics of the mosduito's song" Often the high- pitched buzzing or humming of mosquito Is heard and no sting follows; whereas at other times the mosquito stings are numer- ous, although the hum which should act as a warning is not noticeable. This is due to the fact that the male mos- quito, beating his wings more rapidly. sings" loudest, while 1t the lower voiced female that does the stinging
 M. Jousset de Bellesme also found that food influenced the pitch and tho volume of the tone. the well nourished mosquito beating her wings more pow ..A o3n n than the hungry insect
 Professor Grassi of Milan carried this investigation still further in an at- tempt to ascertain the influence of sound on mosquitoes, and he demon str his theories by experiments of direct practical value. He found that human speech is attractive to the in- sects, so that people talking are stung in preference to those who remain silent.
 Following these theortic studies of the mosquito song" A. de P. Weaver of Jackson. Miss, with characteristic American inventiveness applied tho accumulated information in concrete form. He found that an electric motor. revolving at a certain speed, produced buzzing sound resembling tho singing of mosquitoes. In fact. the sound proved of such attraction to the insects, that they fiocked to 1t by thou sands. By surrounding the machine with metal screen charged with . powerful current, all the mosquitoes that alishted on the screen were in- stantly electrocuted
 Sir Hiram Maxim used this test to show that when the buzzing resembled that of female mosquito 1t was the males who flew to their death, and that . slight increase in the speed. fmita- tive of the male buzxing. attracted the females. The resulting destruction was complete.
 | We can't all carry electrocutional maehtnes. but we can wear yellow and talk little. thus saving ourselves from pestiforous mosQulto bitesl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 How many, many times our leading politicians, particularly those seeking fur ther preferment at the hands of the voter, imagine they are slyly putting some- thing over" on the people when, in fact, they are not even fooling themselves. For the most part the ways of politicians and public men are not past understand not only transparent. but funny.
 Here we have six or more we'll known public men. our own Theodore E. Bur ton among the number, who are actively gunning for tho republican presidential nomination in 1916. These aside from the large number of favorite sons, not SO well known nationally, whose lightning run may see. Yet. and we have their own word for 1t, there Is not single candidate in the lot.
 Aspirants for the nomination are in vading every part of the country on speechmaking tours. Accompanying them are skilled politicians looking after the important matter of organization. Mean while, back in their own states, cam paign and publicity bureaus are opening. Nothing in the realm of political appeal and manipulation is being left undone. Still. to hear them say it, none of these eminent gentlemen are seeking anything in the way of personal honors. Perish the thought.
 Former Senator Burton is now busly engaged on the western trail. Through the western states and up and down the Pacific coast. in the very heart of tho section where the progressive thrives, tho distinguished Ohioan is following the footsteps of Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts Having given the voters of the west sample of his wares, Sena- tor Weeks is back on his own stamping ground, doing all he can to insure a solid Weeks delegation from New England to the national convention. Out in Spokane I this week MT. Burton refused to appear on the same platform with Col. George A. Pope of Hartford. Conn.,. president of the National Manufacturers' associa- ton, and James A. Emery of Washing
 ton. D. C., former counsel for tho organi-
 zation. This Is the organization em-
 nloying the notorious Colonel Mulhall
 whose lobbying operations at Washington
 were exposed last winter.
 No one is getting excited, unless 1t Is
 the aspirants themselves, over the quad-
 rennial question of when Is a candidate
 not a candidate?. In the meantime the
 country pretty generally understands that
 the fine old theory of the office seeking
 the man is a relic of the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 V"1 EAR yellow this summer and w you will escape mosaui.. to these insects are buzzing around. The mosquito hates yellow. On the other hand, if you wear dark blue, you may be sure that all the mosquitoes in the vicinity will swarm to you. If you talk much as you sit on the porch in the evening mosquitoes will sting you; while the silent membe CTS of your party will sit in peace. For the mosquito loves the sound of talking.
 Prof. A. E. Shipley, F. R. s.. of Cam ,,ridge university, England. who has been conducting experiments with mos- quitoes and gnats in all countries in- fected with hese pests. has found them extraobunary susceptible to colors and sounds. The result of his investigations has placed within reach Of all simple methods of protection against this harassing annoyance. / It has long been known that only the female mosquitoes sting human beings. Professor Shipley has shown that the Iouble- edged sword in the proboscis of the male Is too weak to pierce human skin, whereas the females have de- veloped this organ as an aid to the per- fcrmance of their function as egg lay CTS.
 From a practical point of view Pro- lessor Shipleys observations of the re- sponse to color shown by female mos
 Ha found this Insect peculiarly sensitive to vibrations. not alone of color. but also of sound
 Following Professor shipley's experi- ments, Dr. Buchanan has made use of dark blue hangings on the walls of hospital wards in India. The result surpassed all expectations. The mos- quitoes upon entering the wards inn
 nediately nocked to the dark hangings. leaving the patients free from their un- welcome attentions. The system is be- ing widely adopted in tropical coun- tries.
 An oriental explorer. who consulted Professor Shipley before starting on scientific expedition, lined his tents N ith dark blue. Even in the mosquito infested regions of Africa the experi- ment proved quite successful. The mosquitoes settled on the blue lining of his tent, and. as he had taken the additional precaution of wearing khaki clothes, which color they particularly dislike. he was able U enjoy compara- tive peace.
 The champagne colored shoes and stockings. 50 fashionable this year, are desirable not alone for their attractive ness to the eye. but also for the sci entific reason that they keep away mosquitoes. As the ankles are the ia vorits point of attack. this style may be popular through the summer months In one of the most conclusive of Pro
 fessor shipley's experiments i7 boxss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
SOMEWHAT FOOLISH

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Why is 1t that there are many persons who believe that because whisky is made in Kentucky every Kentuckian is habitu- ally stewed. although nobody believes there are no pedestrians in Detroit. where automobiles are made, or that the people of Jamaica always are full of Jamaica rum and slipping on banana peelings?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
To He a Great Affair

"We have secured four big river boats to carry the crowds of delegates to the Alabama Merchants convention down the Warrior river to Lock IT on August 2s. the last day of tho conven- ton, and every indication now is that the excursion will long be remembered as red letter day In Alabama" stated Murray Brown, chairman of the whole sale trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce, who has charge of the entertainment plans for the big mer- chants convention August 24 25 and 26
 All over the country the compile ton of the Warrior river canal has been heralded as momentous event but in the south and especially in Alabama has interest in the big prof. ect been particularly intense. Yet, do you realize that there are many mer- chants in the state who have never seen the river and probably 90 per cent Of them who have never seen 1t since 1t has been improved and the big locks placed in operation7 The sight of Lock IT. said to be the biggest river lock in the world, and the boat ride on the Warrior of over so miles, will be an event of educational and entertainment phases that has had a wide appeal to the merchants of the state and they are coming to the convention in large numbers The address of Mr. Harding before the convention, the trip down tine Warrior river and other business and entertainment features of the con- vention promises to make 1t the most successful meeting of its kind ever held in the south.
 "The four steamers we have secured to carry the crowds on the river ex- | eursion are the Martha Hennen, the Swan, the Mrytle and the John Quill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
COSTLY ITEMS.

The Twobbles complain that mar- ried life Is dreadfully expensive" much money"
 No, you don't see them spending it, but Mr. Twobble employees a detective to watch Mrs. Twobble and she retains one to watch him."