The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-31
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

ENATOR DEPEW is home again 0O He is frank to a degree in dis
 eussing his connection with Pads and Fancies." In an interview he says, T subscribed for the book because l liked the work. It was one of the most beautiful works I have ever seen. It cost me for my subscription somewhere around sl500" It Is strange how every body was hypnoti=ed by the surpassing loveliness of "Fads and Fancies." Sena- tor Depew Is merely one among many who subscribed for the book for purely altru- istic or aesthetic reasons. After the con fession of Senator Depew no one could possibly believe that he was actuated by the despicable motive of vanity or cow ardice when he released" for one book, Tn which his countenance was to appear, a sum large enough to buy bookstore.
 Possibly the only unpleasant feature of Secretary Tafts visit to Tokio was that he had to sit and listen while Marquis Ito ehanted an original poem
 
 The body of an unknown man was found on mountain side near country town. He had evidently committed suicide, for a rope about his neck with one end still attached to the limb of tree told his sad story. The mans clothes were mean, his hands roughened by toll and his sta ton in life -h every way a humble one. It may have been t. run of hard luck or it may have been something else-nobody knows or cares-but in a moment of des- peration or despondency he took his life Unknown, unhonored and spurned by for tune, this unfortunate man quit the game and there was no one to mourn his de- parture. His body found a resting place in the potter's field where his identity will be lost forever. Cases like this remind one how utterly inslg nificant we human Leings are in the vast scheme of the universe. Even the great, in worldly way, are small in compari- son with the vastness we know not of, and how much more infinitesmal was the part played by this unknown laborer with a rope about his neck He was a mere atom, an ant crawling over ridges of sand, and when he died on the lonely mountain side his going was bu. trivial
 
 other ants are pulling and mauling each other in a struggle for the prizes which fate denied to this man.
 Mir. Aimar Sato bids fair to become the champion long-distance and slIort-quar- ters talker of the world. Since arriving in the United States with Baron Ko- mura's party the tongue of this gentleman has been wagging continuously. Yet. what has he really said? The Japs have also mastered the art of speaking much with out conveying any definite idea to their auditors.
 iSixty-seven trains daily at Blrminghams union passenger stationl Merely another indication of the strides forward being made by town that is destined to be the metropolis of the south.
 The Chinese Free Press, or Tai Tung Tat Bo Is a Chinese daily newspaper pub lished in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the Chinese editor was away investigat- ing a new recipe for making chop suey when the Free Press arrived and it Is impossible for us to pass criticism on the paper as a whole. There may be sporting, society, literary and amusement departments. but the fact can't be proved by questioning any member of The Age Herald staff. Some of the headlines seem