The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

with Joy the heart of yellow journaiism's chief
 It reminds one of "Robinson Crusoe," Cast Up by the Sea-" and those other interesting tales Of boyhoed to read in the press dispatches of five men belong ing to the Australian steamer Miowra be- ing killed and eaten by cannibals on the Admiralty island in the South Seas. In the day of the wireless telegraph, the al- most perfected airship and few other conveniences that are just little more advanced than anything man ever hoped to attain. this sounds like a fairy story. Yet the fate of those unfortunate sea- men remind the more advanced part of the world that 1t still has duty to per- form in carrying light to benighted peo- pie in the four quarters of the globe.
 A pretty story is going the rounds of the press just now. William Couch, wealthy resident of Chicago, has Just been married to Miss Mary Mccarthy, one of the most talented musicians in the country, who has been totally blind for the past five years. MT. Couch first met
 
 in steinway hall in Chicago and the we'd ding was the result. The bride and groom will visit Niagara Falls and other places renowned for scenic beauty, just as if the bride could see all their grandeur. l while the groom will try to explain the scenes to his wife, so that she will be able to enjoy the trip, although deprived of eyesight MT. Couch says that he will devote his life to restoring his wifes sight and the most famous specialists in this and other countries will be consulted, In such a pretty romance one cannot but wish that the good fairy of story books would come along and restore the sight of the blind bride. At least MT. and Mrs. Couch have made very good start to be happy all their lives.
 | The Sultan of Jolo was packing his I grips and looking after transportation 1 for his royal person to the St. Louis fair when one of those unforeseen but very common contengiences that sometime con- front monarchs arose. A number of the sultans ungrateful subjects took advan- | tage of his preparations for saving to in- i stitute a rebellion against his authority and now the amiable potentate announces that he will not be able to visit the fair as early as he expected, but just as soon as he secures possession of the heads be- longing to his restless subjects he will come right over and will be able to view the sights of the Pike with all that calm, serene and unruffied dignity behtting his high station in life.
 Mexicans are very fond of collecting stamps and in the City of Mexico there are said to be over seventy philatelists, not counting juvenile collectors who do not aspire to such dignifed name. In fact the stamp craze Is fiourishing and enthusiasts in the Mexican capital are now talking of establishing a library for study and research. All of which shows that Mexico is forging to the front stead fly. Before much longer she will out grow the stamp craze and then a new era of development will be opened to the country For quite a while philatelism afflicted the United States but here of late the business of collecting coins that are good only for spending purposes has superseded that of collecting stamps l which have no face value. P. c.