The age-herald., 1900-09-21
SKETCHES FROM
 EVERYDAY LIFE


 There was time when the highwayman was an important functionary. He occu- pied prominent place in romance and literature, but from the days of Robin Hood down the bandit has gradually fallen from his high estate until we no longer think of him in our travels, hide our money and look to the priming of our pis- tols. Occasionally we read of a lone high wayman stopping a train and going through the passengers. but somehow this seems commonplace-the stage setting is all wrong. What romance or attractions can there be about a Pullman car, with the passengers all undressed and hiding in their berths and the porter and conductor proceeding the bandit with lantern and trembeing in thlir patent leather shoes?
 To do the thing up correct in the good old way the passengers should be fully dressed including hats and overcoats. They should have boots to tremble in, and not patent feathers. They should be travelling by stage and not in Pullman, and the affair should take place in dark and lonely part of the road in the middle of the night.
 Such an occurance recently happened in California. The stage settings were cor rect, and the highwayman showed respect for his trade by due regard to the pro- perties. The driver of the Donnieville stage had just swung around a. curve in the road quarter of mile below Nigger Tent In a clump of bushes on a slight elevation off the road was a highwa yman barley sack covering his head and his pistols leveled at the stage driver
 Throw out that box and be quick about it, he said to the driver. The driver was an old hand at the business and he lost no time in pitching the treasure off on the road. The robber then walked into the open and commanded the passengers to alight which they were kind enough to do and also presented the highwayman with collection of watches and money just to show that they appreciated the ar dstic way in which he went about it. Tt was just like being at a theater" said one only we were among the actors and not In the audience and had to pay for the privilege of acting instead of being paid"
 Certainly there can be no hard feelings towards this highwayman. man who is an artist in his profession, be it what it may, commands our respect. This fellow deserves a toast, with the hope that he VIII not be swung on Tyburn tree
 
 The war germ shows no sign of being on the decrease. On the contrary it is even attacking birds A blue heron made fierce onslaught recently upon 17-year-old boy who had struck 1t with a stone. With claws, beak and wings the bird rained a shower of blows on the boy. His clothes were torn by the long talons his head was cut in many places, and his body bruised by it's wings, which were used with toll;,. rect. Striking and grasping wildly at the bird, with no stick to defend himself, the boy at last succeeded in catching it by the neck. When it felt the pressure the bird fought more fiercely. but the boy squeeessd the heron as Russell Sage squeezes an eagle and gradually the blows of wings and claws became weaker until the heron fell limp on the ground. The boy was also exhausted, but he succeeded in carrying the bird home, where it measured six feet across the wings Some fool recently, not realizing the ex- istence of the war germ, undertook to give an exhibition of hypnotism. A young man was hypnotized and he immediately im- agined himself a pugilist. He was a slender youth with especial strength, yet he be- gan to attack all the people present with out regard to race, color or previous con- dition of servitude. He soon cleared the house and then began to demolish the front fence, using for the purpose an ornamental urn, which weighed several hundred pounds, and which he handled as easily as an h. dian club. Sixteen men piled on the mad dened boy, but he threw them right and left and began tearing his clothes off hurry call was turned in for the police pa- trol wagon. It came with five officers, who finally handcuffed the youth and tied his feet together, while physician adminis- tered hyperdermic injection of morphine. He was then hurried to the hospital and un- bound, whereupon he fell upon an iron bed stead and tore 1t to pieces. More drugs were administered and finally he was quieted.
 
 Another recent case where the war germ got in its work was that of Zine Touser, who, says the Louisville Post, 'is not a pugilist, but from recent developments, it seems that he is man who has missed his calling:
 In casual scrap on Broadway car yesterday, and without any training ex- cept a preliminary bout with booze, Zinc landed heavily on Motorman Charles Mi ner's mouth, and succeeded in knocking out three of his front teeth.
 In the Police Court this morning the motorman said:
 This man, who was so drunk that he had to be supported by a companion, hailed my car, which was coming up town, at Eighteenth and Broadway, about o'colck I saw that he had been training with the juice of the hop, so I tried to ignore him and run on by the crossing. When l saw that he was preparing to leap for the car whether it stopped or not. slowed up and allowed him to get aboard.
 'Then he came up to the front of the car and began to curse till the lady who takes candy cascarets in the advertisement woke up and stuck her fingers in her ears.-
 q told him that I thought he was too drunk to be on a street car and then his