Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-29


aoter were ohronioled. Up New
England way. llttle three-yehr-o
/ boy has been smoking his grand
fathers pipe ever since hs was one
year OF age, and evidently enjoying
H. too. Whenever his mother
caught him In the Act' and took
the pipe away the preooolous llttlo
shaver would get hold OF a knife
ana whittle away at piece of wood
In vain andoavor 10 make II sub
nitute Tor his "hod." Moreover. he
rushes out OF the house quite fire.
quently and boga tobacco from
astoundod old gentlemen passing By
who stop dead IN their tracks and
oEclaim, "BlesH my soul"
Alothsr throe-year old prodigy was
/ discovered In Cincinnati last February
but this one performs many marvel
Gus acrobatlo stunts, among tham the
feat OF dislocatinE his ankles and
wrists at will. aid. bending backwards
with hands and feet on the noor
supporting 1b0 pounds on his G est
His .athor had the baby's ankles and
Wrists broken when he was ten days
old with the exp ess purpose OF fitting
the child for an athletic career.
In much lighter vein. certain
young man over IN Genova, last Jan
uery, thought he would amuse him
self by making up" W a monkey and
| frightening children. lie did 80
/ for while--to his henrts content.
so realistic was his performance that
/ even big dog came along and wns
/ likewise deceived. Alas for the mans
satisfaction At tho quality Of his act
| lnE however. tho dog refused TO bs
scared
Instead. he evidently imagined there
was some relationship between the
monkey and the cat families for. after
he got through with the monkey"
That much enlightened individual had
20 be- taken to II hospital. And. irony
of fate. he was put 10 bed IN the chill
dren's ward
From London. England. camc tho
story of surgeon who operated on
himself for lngulnnl hernia lie in
jectcd half centiEram OF morphine
into lis left thigh. presumably TO
deaden his left leg; used hypo-
dermic syringe Just over tho seat OF
the trouble; passed warm solution
Of cocaine hydro chlorate under tho
sldn and thon calmly got busy with
his knife.
Last June. in Urbana, n. Y, "A little
boy fell down stone stairway and
hurt himself 10 badly that his par
ents believed he had fractured his
skull They rushed to tho phone and
nh
mondsport The doctor sprang to his
automobile, threw on full speed and
made good time until about ton miles
from Urbane when his machine broke
down.
Tho anxious physician was deep In
the dust and tho grease and the in
terror workings OF the auto when he
heard the whirr OF an arooplane pver-
head. He slgnaled the aviator. who
descended, and, upon learning the
urgency OF tho physician's "call' the
birdman made a place for him and
his surgical kit In tho aeroplano and !
got him /. tho patients home in less
time than would have been consumed |
had not the auto broken down. Thus |
did old 1912 witness tho passing OF |
the auto and the substitution OF the |
aeroplane as the prototype OF the old, |
old fashioned horse and buggy"
Even the courts OF justice were |
not immune from freak happenings.
Witness the unusual spectacle last
February in Butte. Mont, court OF
a Judge stopping in the midst OF hear
ing divorce case to marry couple
impatient to put their heads in the
t,,Is t,
Pueblo, California, month before
that, arrived at his court room ten
minutes late and fined himself ten
dollars for being tardy; he did 80 to
be consistent. as short while back
he had visited a similar penalty upon
an attorney.
But n Chicago Judge drew tho prize
package for the unusual in court pro-
cedure the same month when a man
summoned for jury service inquired
"Do you want my brother or me?"
John X. Courady is wanted here"
said the Judge.
well, that's my name" answered
the prospective Jurymsn. but It IL
also my brothers. hich Of us do
you want, your honor"
Thu court scratched It's head for a
moment. looked helplessly around and
then handed down It's tecision: you
are excused for there is no way Of
proving that you are the owner Of
the name drawn"
In the same city, month later
a man supposed 10 be- lost was
found" In Jail He had been gem
fenced to imprisonment for dlsorderly
conduct and his sentence expired Sep
tember 18TH. But somehow. that fact
was overlooked by the authorities. lie
told them he should be released bat
the only reply vouchsafed him was
That's what they all sayv A friend
visiting another prisoner. discovered
him and procured his release.