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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1916)
r~ QUICK, DOCTOR; THE GIRAFFE HAS A SORE THROAT Being a surgeon to human beings is a considerable task in itself—but suppose you were a surgeon in charge of 5,000 patients, some of them with wings instead of arms, some of them with seven stomachs, and all of them eager to kill you the minute you touched them—how would you like that job? Doctor W. Reid Blair, surgeon ex traordinary to the beasts, birds and fishes of the New York Zoological Park, has precisely that problem. If Noah were starting out again in the Ark, he would send for Doctor Blair: he couldn’t sail without him. For when five thousand beasts, hailing from icebergs and from tropic jun gles,—are gathered together in a for eign climate, they are as prone to sickness as the average opera star is to attacks of temperament. And some of them are almost as precious as opera singers: men have risked their lives in their capture, and their value often runs into thousands o' dollars. By careful attention epidemic dis uses are pretty thoroughly stamped out, but surgical operations are fre quently necessary. We would like to show you the picture of Doctor Blair engaged in operating on a harpy eagle, one of the biggest and most savage of the accipitrine birds. The eagle fell victim to a strange omplaint. During the year of his captivity his enormous beak, for some unknown reason, grew to such unusu al length that the big bird could not close his bill. Every day his lunch eon was handed to him,—two pounds of juicy rare steak,—and he would l attack it manfully, tearing it into con- i venient pieces; but when the time ' came to swallow, the poor fellow’s beak would shut just so far and then stop. He was in danger of starving to death. The harpy eagle is not a pleasant bedfellow: the task of gitting him on to the operating-table required the strength and strategy of two keepers. They entered the cage, threw a bag over the bird’s head, and, getting a firm grasp on his two powerful legs and his dangerous talons, carried him out to the corrall. There Doctor Blair, saw in hand, cut an inch or two off the offending beak, and the job was done. The harpy is greatly dreaded by the native inhabitants of the South American jungles where he makes his home. Its appearance over one of their settlements is the signal for a general alarm. It has been known to * carry off animals and small children, and there are cases on record in which it has even attacked a man. Just how the harpy gets into the world and what it does with itself in youth are not known, as neither, nest, eggs, nor young have ever been discovered. —Washington Star. STECHER-LEWIS MATCH * AROUSES INTEREST Rain or shine, cloudburst or drouth, Joe Stecher of Nebraska and Ed "Strangler” Lewis of Kentucky will collide in a world’s championship grappling combat the afternoon of July 4th at the Douglas county race track in the outskirts of Omaha. Weather pranks will not be permitted to interfere with the plans of Promo ter Gene Melady, who has not only placed a rain policy on the match, but has ararnged for the erection of a giant canopy to cover the ring seats. In case of rain, the insurance con cern will pay the policy and the natch will proceed, the company re imbursing itself by taking over the receipts. The fact that the motto of “no postponement” has been adopt d by Promoter Malady has whetted he interest of wrestling fans in the nid-west to a razor edge. Stretcher :s rated as the most spectacualr young athlete of a century and Lewis s hailed as the only top-class heavy weight grappler now before the pub lic with the muscle and the skill to command Stretcher’s respect, so the fray which Promoter Melady has bill ed for the Fourth, looms up as the most stupendous spoiling event of the summer in this section of the west. The program, acocrding to Pro notcr Melady’s calculations, will be naugurated at 2.30 p. m. and the big natch for the world’s title will start about an hour later. This arrange nent would give about five hours of daylight and make certain that one if the gladiators would have abund ant time to demonstrate his mastery tnd establish himself as the undis luted holder of the world’s wrestling remiership. The Kentuckian is making an amaz ng showing in his training workouts t Carter lake and hundreds of Oma hans’ while enthusiastic in their >raise of Stretcher and his prowess, ire frank to admit that Stretcher at last is sure to have a battle on hi hands. LELAND GIANTS HERE. The famous Leland Giants, one of the fastest Colored baseball teams in the country, will be here today, Sun day and July 4, to play the Brandeis Stores. CAUSE AND EFFECT I.ittle Boy—“A penn’orth each of liniment and liquid cement, please.” Chemist—“Are they both for me same person, or shall I wrap them up separately ?” Little Boy—“Well, I dunno. Muv ver’s broke ’er teapot, so she wants the cement, but farver wants the lin iment. ’E’s what muvver broke ’er teapot on.”—Tit-Bits. HOUSE FOR SALE. Five-room cottage, just painted and papered and in first class condition; 2 large lots; has city water, cistern, electric lights and gas. Only $2,250; located at 40th and Parker strets. SCOTT AND HILL CO., Ground Floor McCaguc Bldg. Doug. 1000. YOUR CHANCE. $5 cash, balance monthly for vacant lots, North Side. For information telephone Robbins, D. 2842 or Web. 5510. LEGAL NOTICE. Amos P. Scruggs, Attorney, 220 So. 13th St. Doug. 7150. PROBATE NOTICE. In the Matter of the Estate of John Carter, Deceased: Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 80th day of August, 1916, anti on the 30th day of January, 1017, at 0 o’clock a. m., each day, for the purpose of present ing their claims for examination, ad justment and allowance. Six months are allowed for the creditors to pre sent. their claims, from the 20th day of July, 1916. BRYCE CRAWFORD, County Judge. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—iy2 cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should ac company advertisement. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENTr Nicely furnished front room. Mod ern except heat. 1630 North Twenty second street. Webster 1171. Modern furnished rooms for rent, $1.50 and up. Miss Hayes, 1826 No. 23rd St. Webster 5639. Nice furnished rooms. 2715 Doug las street. Harney 2155. Clean, modem furnished rooms on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street car lines. Mrs. Annie Banks,, Douglas 4379. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. HOUSES—FOR RENT For Rent—7 room house and bath room. 3510 N. 33rd St., phone Harney 4002. Rent $12.00. For Rent—Two five room houses, 920 and 934 North Twenty-seventh street. $12.00 month. Call Webster 1555. WANTED. WANTED—Girls or women for sorting paper. Call at Omaha Taper Stock company, Eighteenth and Marcy streets. WANTED—Position by first class practical nurse. Good in all confine ment cases. Call Harney 4682. Mrs. Mamie Jasper, 2813 Cuming street. 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